Learning outcomes: The course aims at familiarizing students with the history of Anthropology and its pioneers, inspire them and give them a sense of the identity of the discipline.

What is more, the course aims at introducing the main paradigms that have shaped the development of Social Anthropology from the end of the 19th c. to the end of the 20th. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to identify theories and research methodologies in the history of the discipline and to associate them with people, places and events. Furthermore, students will be able to set questions in the study of culture and relate them to different paradigms.

General Competences :

Understanding of the similarities and differences between theories and methodologies.

Experience in autonomous studying on a weekly basis.

Experience in writing essays or in presenting in public using Powerpoint.

In Greek

• Π. Έρικσον και Λ. Μέρφι (2002) Ιστορία της Ανθρωπολογικής Σκέψης  Κριτική, Αθήνα
• Σ. Δημητρίου-Κοτσώνη και Σ. Δημητρίου (1996) Ανθρωπολογία και Ιστορία
• Καστανιώτης, Αθήνα
• Α. Κούπερ  (1994) Ανθρωπολογία και Ανθρωπολόγοι Καστανιώτης, Αθήνα
• Μαρσέλ Μως  Το Δώρο,  Καστανιώτης, Αθήνα
• Α. Κυριακίδου-Νέστορος (1977) «Ο Claude Lévi-Strauss και το έργο του». Προλεγόμενα στο C. Lévi-Strauss  Άγρια Σκέψη, Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα

In English

• T.H. Eriksen and F.S. Nielsen (2001) A History of Anthropology London: Pluto Press
• Layton (1997) An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology Cambridge University Press
• Barnard History and Theory in Anthropology (2000) Cambridge University Press