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Anthropology and Culture

Code 17002
Year 2
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Cultura
Entry requirements Not applicable
Learning outcomes - To know the main roots, fundamentals, matrices, moments and questions that are placed within the scope of a discipline that intersects matters of Anthropology and Culture;
- To understand the main issues and challenges that arise within the scope of the most radical thinking about Man;
- To be able to think critically about the main problems that are fundamental in the very axis of a reflective culture about the Human;
Syllabus Part I_What is Man?
1. The question for Man;
2. Phylogeny of a theory of difference;
3. Naturalism and Humanism: singularity theory and continuity theory; 4. The present future: post-humanism? Utopias and dystopias;
Part II_A Human Culture from the Anthropological Point of View
1. World culture:
1.1. Art, Myth and Religion;
1.2. Ethics, Morals, History and Science;
1.3. Politics: the anthropological and cultural foundations of human organization;
2. Conclusions:
2.1. The human condition: the interest that interests in acting;
2.2. Freedom of, freedom for, freedom in; tolerate the intolerable?
2.3. Who was / is / will be my next?
2.4. The human condition; Responsibility: To the end? The problem of death and loneliness;
2.5. Paradoxical Happiness: the fundamentals of hyperconsumption; globalization, deglobalization and emptying of Freedom;
Main Bibliography - Arendt, H. (2001) A condição humana. Lisboa, Portugal: Relógio dÁ’ gua;
- Boas, F (1996) Arte primitiva. Lisboa, Fenda;
- Cassirer, E. (1994). Ensaio sobre o homem: introdução a uma filosofia da cultura humana. São Paulo, SP:
Martins Fontes.
- Cassirer, E. (2012). Las ciencias de la cultura. Mexico, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
- Durkheim, E. (2002) As formas elementares da vida religiosa: o sistema totémico na Austrália. Oeiras: Celta;
- Durkheim, E. (1984) Sociologia, educação e moral. Porto : Rés Editora;
- Kant, I. (2008) A Paz Perpétua e outros ópusculos. Lisboa, Portugal: Ed. 70;
- Lévi-Strauss (1979) Antropologia estructural: mito sociedad humanidades. México : Siglo Veintiuno Editores;
- Lévi-Strauss (1993) Tristes trópicos, Lisboa : Edições 70;
- Lipovetsky, G. (2010) A felicidade paradoxal. Lisboa, Portugal: Ed. 70;
- Nozick, R. (2009) Anarquia, estado e utopia. Lisboa, Portugal: Ed. 70;
- Tylor, E (1977) Cultura primitiva. Madrid : Editorial Ayuso;
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-15

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