Learning outcomes: The course aims at acquainting and familiarize students with the subject of political anthropology and the anthropology of politics. Specific learning objectives include getting acquainted with the most important anthropological currents in the field of political anthropology and the anthropology of politics, and discussing different forms of the political in “traditional” and “modern” societies.

General Competences: The course aims at:

• Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
• The use of interdisciplinary analytical tools
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
• The cultivation of sensitivity on issues that concern ethnic differences as these will be analysed during the course of the semester
• The development of skills necessary to complete a term paper through feedback from the intstructor and the rest of the class

• Gledhill, J. 2013 Οι μεταμφιέσεις της εξουσίας: Ανθρωπολογικές οπτικές για την πολιτική. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Αλεξάνδρεια.
• Lewellen, T. 2009 Πολιτική Ανθρωπολογία: Μια εισαγωγή. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κριτική
  

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Συναφή επιστημονικά περιοδικά:

• Political and Legal Anthropology Review
• Social Anthropology
• Επιθεώρηση Κοινωνικών Ερευνών
• Σύγχρονα Θέματα