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| ANTH0055-1 | Political anthropology of the friars
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Elodie Razy |
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| Substitute(s) : | Anne Melice |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Through an investigation of the bases of religious and political anthropology (the foundations of which will be covered in class), this course aims to clarify the complex relationship between the religious and political spheres. These complex relationships will be seen in the contemporary worlds in the North and the South using ethnographic examples from the West, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. By focusing on field studies, this will involve identifying different forms of expression (messianic movements, cargo cults, theology of liberation, independent churches, new churches, predictions, fundamentalist movements, therapeutic churches, non-traditionalist churches, possession cults, etc.). Firstly, we will examine common religious modes of political action, in other words, politics from the ground up. This consists of taking account of ordinary daily practices linked to religious faith. Secondly, we will question the political significance of what is today called, with no further critical procedure, the return of the religious or the 're-enchantment' of the world, in the age of the spread of democratic regimes and globalisation. Thirdly, we will question the role played by the numerous religious movements in contemporary countries, whether democratic or not, and the space which they occupy in the political and public spheres. We will seek to measure the contribution they make to new dynamics or whether they take the place of the state in times of crisis, deregulation or even dissolution. Fourthly, we will attempt to determine the political role which trans-national and diasporic religious movements tend to play. |
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| Course objective : | To familiarise students with conceptual and methodological tools as well as anthropological analysis of the field, allowing them thus to critically view the political dimensions of religion in the contemporary world. |
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Organization : | Texts, films, videos, conferences. |
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| Written notes : | A portfolio of reading made up of articles and book extracts, as well as a filmography will be compiled. |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination |
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| Contacts : | Students can be seen by appointment (annemelice@yahoo.fr (http://)) |
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