Магистратура
2022/2023
Антропология религии
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Глобальная и региональная история / Global and Regional History)
Направление:
46.04.01. История
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Тамбовцева Светлана Георгиевна
Прогр. обучения:
Глобальная и региональная история
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Questions of religion have been central to anthropology from its beginnings and remain so today when religion (re)emerges as a global force. While the early scholarship perceived religious phenomena through the skeptical lens of secular science, recent critiques brought up anthropology’s own orthodoxies and the need for theoretical and methodological renewal. Every new paradigm took up the challenge to explain religion and its pervasiveness in human culture and society. The anthropology of religion emerged out of such creative tensions as a vibrant field of theoretical inquiry and impressive scholarship. The course is structured around major themes that shaped the study of religion
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce students into current theoretical debates in the filed of anthropology of religion.
- The aim of the course is to discuss anthropological approach to the study of religion
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students have knowledge on variety of rationalities
- Students have understanding on how religion is present in the public sphere
- Students know main ideas of academic debates about non-linearity of secularisation
- Students know that religion can provide people with moral examples to follow
- Students understand that mediation is. a crucial part of religious pracrice
- Students understand the genealogy of the concept f religion
Course Contents
- Problems of definition
- Varieties of Secularism
- Morality, Ethics and Self-cultivation
- Religious Temporalities and Regimes of Historicities
- Religion, Mediation and Aesthetics s of Presence
- Secular sensibilities in a postsecular age
- Trading with God(s)
Assessment Elements
- presentation of a text at the seminar, organization of discussion in class
- home exam - two short essays
- homework
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 1st module0.5 * home exam - two short essays + 0.25 * presentation of a text at the seminar, organization of discussion in class + 0.25 * homework
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- James S Bielo. (2015). Anthropology of Religion: The Basics. Routledge.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bielo, J. S. (2016). A companion to the anthropology of religion. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, 24(1), 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12247