Syllabus
1/ Culture and personality, Genesis of psychological anthropology. Study of national character.
Relationship between personality and culture. Behaviorism and antropology.
Psychic development and culture change. 2/ Psychoanalysis of culture, the importance of psychoanalytic interpretative methods for Anthropologyi. Culture, repression, love.
Projective tests. 3/ Creativity and culture, Sapir and individualism. The issue of authenticity.
Idiosyncracy, norm, sharing of ideas. 4/ I and the Other, Fanon and psychology of colonialism, Prospero-Kaliban complex, epidermalization. 5/Culture nad thought, Cognitive anthropology. Schema theory.
Language and Culture. Distributive theory of Culture. 6/Culture and Emotion, Emotion in different cultures.
Body and sould concepts in different cultures. Norbert Elias. 7/ Individuality, charisma and culture.
Secular religioní. Somatization.
Witchcraft and Spirit Possession. The Concept of Charisma.
Love and Capitalism
Annotation
The course aims at extending of the student's abilities of interdisciplinary approach to themes where anthropological and psychological interests meet: 1/ Culture and personality, 2/ Psychoanalysis of culture, 3/ Creativity and culture, 4/ I and the Other, 5/Culture nad thought, 6/Culture and Emotion, 7/ Individuality, charisma and culture