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Course plan and reading list
Lectures will be held from 12.15 to 14.00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on November 8th and ending on December 15th.

The course texts will be read in approximately the order indicated below, though changes may occur. In addition to the articles and extracts read for the course, students must purchase Roy Wagner’s book Symbols that Stand for Themselves (see below for the full reference). You are advised to do this over the Internet, e.g. from www.amazon.com.

Lecture 1: Introduction - Tuesday, Nov. 1

Bateson, Gregory (with Mary Catherine Bateson). 1953 [1972]. "Metalogue: About Games and being Serious." In Steps to an Ecology of Mind. New York: Ballantine, p.14-20. [7 p.] ISBN 0-345-24837-1-250

Lecture 2 and 3: Disenchantment and re-enchantment of modernity -

Weber, Max. 1922. "Science as a Vocation." In H. H. Geerth & C. W. Mills, eds. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. London: Routledge. pp.129-156. [28 p.] ISBN 0-7100-6894-8

Wicke, Jennifer. 1995. "Enchantment, Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment: Joyce and the Cult of the Absolutely Fabulous." Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 1995. Downloaded from: www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3643/is_199510/ai_n8724502, on: 2005-05-07. [12 p.] ISSN 00295132

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1972 [1993]. "The Objective Limits of Objectivism. Section I: Analysis." In Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-30. [30 p.] ISBN 0-521-29164-X

Lecture 4 and 5: Occultism and romanticism

Foucault, Michel. 1966 [1991]. "The Prose of the World." In The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences. London: Routledge, pp.17-44. [28 p.] ISBN 0-415-04019-1

Taylor, Charles. 1975 [1987]. "Aims of a New Epoch." In Hegel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.3-29. [27 p.] ISBN 0521291992

Lecture 6 and 7: The enchantment of fieldwork

Risan, Lars. 1997. "Chapter 4: Metaphors and Identities of Artificial Life Research." Artificial Life: A Technoscience Leaving Modernity? An Anthropology of Subjects and Objects. www.anthrobase.com/Txt/R/Risan_L_05.htm [31 p.] ISBN --none--

Kristensen, Benedikte M. 2004. "Chapter three: Fieldwork and methodology" and "Chapter four: Land of the living and the dead." In The Living Landscape of Knowledge: An Analysis of Shamanism among the Duha Tuvinians of Northern Mongolia. www.anthrobase.com/Txt/K/Kristensen_B_02.htm [26 p.] ISBN --none--

Barth, Fredrik. 1964 [1965]. "The Ritual Life of the Basseri." In Nomads of South Persia: The Basseri Tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pp.135-153. [19 p.] ISBN --none--

Lecture 8: Ritual and power – enchantment or violence?

Turner, Victor. 1987 [1988]. "The Anthropology of Performance." In The Anthropology of Performance. New York: PAJ Publications, pp.72-98. [27 p.] ISBN 1-55554-001-5

Cohen, Abner. 1974 [1976]. "Political Man – Symbolist Man." In Two-Dimensional Man: An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp.48-64. [17 p.] ISBN 0-520-03241-1

Bloch, Maurice. 1992. "Introduction" and "Initiation". In Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-23. [23 p.] ISBN 0-521-41154-8

Lecture 9 and 10: An enchanted theory

Wagner, Roy. 1986. Symbols that Stand for Themselves. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [145 p.] ISBN 0-226-86929-6 [The book must be bought!]

Lecture 11: Anthropomorphism and the original enchantment

Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo. 1998. "Cosmological Deixis and Amerindian Perspectivism." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 4(3), p.469-488. [17 p.] ISSN 1359-0987

Willerslev, Rane. 2004. "Not Animal Not Not-Animal: Hunting, Imitation and Empathetic Knowledge among the Siberian Yukaghirs." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 10, pp.629-652. [22 p.] ISSN 1359-0987

Lecture 12: Enchanting global power

Comaroff, Jean and John Comaroff. 1999. "Occult Economies and the Violence of Abstraction: Notes from the South African Postcolony." American Ethnologist 26(2), pp.279-303. [22 p.] ISSN 0094-0496

Verdery, Katherine. 2003. "Conclusion: Property Processes and Effects." In The Vanishing Hectare: Property and Value in Postsocialist Transylvania. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp.346-364. [19 p.] ISBN 0-8104-8869-9

Lecture 13: Enchanting technology

Gell, Alfred. 1992. "The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology." J. Coote, A. Shelton. Eds. Anthropology, Art, and Aesthetics. Oxford: Clarendon Press. [25 pp.] ISBN 0-1982-7945-0

Bateson, Gregory. 1971 [1972]. "The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism." In Steps to an Ecology of Mind. New York: Ballantine, pp.309-337. [29 p.] ISBN 0-345-24837-1-250

Lecture 14: Conclusion and evaluation

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Course plan and reading list Lectures will be held from 12.15 to 14.00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on November 8th and ending on December 15th. The course texts will be read in approximately the order indicated below, though changes may occur. In addition to the articles and extracts read for the course, students must purchase Roy Wagner’s book Symbols that Stand for Themselves (see below for the full reference). You are advised to do this over the Internet, e.g. from www.amazon.com.
Lecture 1: Introduction - Tuesday, Nov. 1
Bateson, Gregory (with Mary Catherine Bateson). 1953 [1972]. "Metalogue: About Games and being Serious." In Steps to an Ecology of Mind. New York: Ballantine, p.14-20. [7 p.] ISBN 0-345-24837-1-250
Lecture 2 and 3: Disenchantment and re-enchantment of modernity -
Weber, Max. 1922. "Science as a Vocation." In H. H. Geerth & C. W. Mills, eds. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. London: Routledge. pp.129-156. [28 p.] ISBN 0-7100-6894-8 Wicke, Jennifer. 1995. "Enchantment, Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment: Joyce and the Cult of the Absolutely Fabulous." Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 1995. Downloaded from: www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3643/is_199510/ai_n8724502, on: 2005-05-07. [12 p.] ISSN 00295132 Bourdieu, Pierre. 1972 [1993]. "The Objective Limits of Objectivism. Section I: Analysis." In Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-30. [30 p.] ISBN 0-521-29164-X
Lecture 4 and 5: Occultism and romanticism
Foucault, Michel. 1966 [1991]. "The Prose of the World." In The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences. London: Routledge, pp.17-44. [28 p.] ISBN 0-415-04019-1 Taylor, Charles. 1975 [1987]. "Aims of a New Epoch." In Hegel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.3-29. [27 p.] ISBN 0521291992
Lecture 6 and 7: The enchantment of fieldwork
Risan, Lars. 1997. "Chapter 4: Metaphors and Identities of Artificial Life Research." Artificial Life: A Technoscience Leaving Modernity? An Anthropology of Subjects and Objects. www.anthrobase.com/Txt/R/Risan_L_05.htm [31 p.] ISBN --none-- Kristensen, Benedikte M. 2004. "Chapter three: Fieldwork and methodology" and "Chapter four: Land of the living and the dead." In The Living Landscape of Knowledge: An Analysis of Shamanism among the Duha Tuvinians of Northern Mongolia. www.anthrobase.com/Txt/K/Kristensen_B_02.htm [26 p.] ISBN --none-- Barth, Fredrik. 1964 [1965]. "The Ritual Life of the Basseri." In Nomads of South Persia: The Basseri Tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pp.135-153. [19 p.] ISBN --none--
Lecture 8: Ritual and power – enchantment or violence?
Turner, Victor. 1987 [1988]. "The Anthropology of Performance." In The Anthropology of Performance. New York: PAJ Publications, pp.72-98. [27 p.] ISBN 1-55554-001-5 Cohen, Abner. 1974 [1976]. "Political Man – Symbolist Man." In Two-Dimensional Man: An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp.48-64. [17 p.] ISBN 0-520-03241-1 Bloch, Maurice. 1992. "Introduction" and "Initiation". In Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-23. [23 p.] ISBN 0-521-41154-8
Lecture 9 and 10: An enchanted theory
Wagner, Roy. 1986. Symbols that Stand for Themselves. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [145 p.] ISBN 0-226-86929-6 [The book must be bought!]
Lecture 11: Anthropomorphism and the original enchantment
Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo. 1998. "Cosmological Deixis and Amerindian Perspectivism." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 4(3), p.469-488. [17 p.] ISSN 1359-0987 Willerslev, Rane. 2004. "Not Animal Not Not-Animal: Hunting, Imitation and Empathetic Knowledge among the Siberian Yukaghirs." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 10, pp.629-652. [22 p.] ISSN 1359-0987
Lecture 12: Enchanting global power
Comaroff, Jean and John Comaroff. 1999. "Occult Economies and the Violence of Abstraction: Notes from the South African Postcolony." American Ethnologist 26(2), pp.279-303. [22 p.] ISSN 0094-0496 Verdery, Katherine. 2003. "Conclusion: Property Processes and Effects." In The Vanishing Hectare: Property and Value in Postsocialist Transylvania. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp.346-364. [19 p.] ISBN 0-8104-8869-9
Lecture 13: Enchanting technology
Gell, Alfred. 1992. "The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology." J. Coote, A. Shelton. Eds. Anthropology, Art, and Aesthetics. Oxford: Clarendon Press. [25 pp.] ISBN 0-1982-7945-0 Bateson, Gregory. 1971 [1972]. "The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism." In Steps to an Ecology of Mind. New York: Ballantine, pp.309-337. [29 p.] ISBN 0-345-24837-1-250
Lecture 14: Conclusion and evaluation