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Theories of Culture I

Theories of Culture I

Code	13007
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cultura
Entry requirements	N.A.
Learning outcomes	At the end of this course the student should be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Identify the existence of a structural relationship between culture and society. 2. Understand the basic ideas and operational concepts for a theoretical and critical approach to cultural phenomena; 3. Familiarize himself with the main theoretical approaches to cultural phenomena. 5. Discovering the role of cultural phenomena in their relationship with globalization and technological changes. 6. To express ideas in a reasoned manner, using oral and written communication;
Syllabus	Introduction: Culture and Society 1. Genesis and evolution of the concept of culture. 1.1. The subjective conception - active of culture 1.2. The objective-passive conception of culture. 1.3. Humanistic and anthropological conceptions of culture 2. Brief introduction to theories of culture. Culture Theories 2.1 Culture and evolution: Darwin and Harari. 2.2. The Importance of Technique (Arnold Gehlen) 2.3. The Importance of Work (Friedrich Engels) 2.4. Anthropological theories: institutional organization (Malinowski) .2.5. Anthropological theories: meaning (Levy-Strauss, Geertz), 2.6. Sociological Theories (Marx, Weber, R. Williams and Bourdieu) 2. 7. The psychoanalytic theory (Freud) 2.8. Critical theory and its variants (Adorno) 3. Culture or cultures? 3.1. Culture and gender: the feminist critique of the concept of culture. 3.2. The impact of new technologies. 3.3. Post-humanism
Main Bibliography	Adorno, Theodore e Max Horkheimer, O iluminismo como mistificação das massas. In Jorge B. M. de Almeida, Indústria Cultural e Sociedade, Edição Paz e Terra, 2002 pp. 5-44. Antunes, Manuel, História da Cultura Clássica, Lisboa: Faculdade de Letras, 1967. Barata Moura, José, O Mundo de Múltiplas Vozes, in Estudos sobre a globalização da sociedade civil, Lisboa: Academia Internacional de Língua Portuguesa, 2008, pp. 62-92. Bauman, Zygmunt, O papel da cultura nas ciências sociais, Porto Alegre, Editorial Vila Martha, 1980. Bauman, Zygmunt, Ensaios sobre o Conceito de cultura, Rio de Janeiro, Zahar Editora. Pierre Bourdieu, A Economia das Trocas Simbólicas, São Paulo, Perspectiva, 2007.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	a) a 1st written test with the value of 50%; b) A 2nd test with the value of 50%.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.