SOC321 POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
| Course Code: |
2320321 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assist.Prof.Dr KATHARINA BODIRSKY |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Basic principles of social differentiation and hierarchy. Forms of political power in simple societies: gerontocracy, big-man systems, chiefdoms. The role of war. The emergence of state societies and the political systems of pre-modern empires. Changes induced by the ascent of the principle of popular sovereignty and nationalism. Political ecology: center and periphery. Anthropological aspects of political values and behavior in contemporary societies.
