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Lecturer(s)
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Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Defining the field of historical anthropology, theoretical and methodological basis; 2. Cultural-historical context of historical anthropology (Huizinga, Bakhtin, Gurevich); 3. Anglo-American tradition (Davis, Burke, Thomson, White); 4. French researchers (Annales school, Bloch, Legoff, Le Roy Ladurie, Duby, Chartier, Delumeau, Muchembeld); 5. The Italian tradition of scholarly inquiry (Ginzburg); 6. German researchers (Medick, Luedtke, van Dülmen); 7. Category folk culture and elite culture, everyday life, home and family life in anthropological perspective; 8. Micro-history, the issue of mentalities in historical research, otherness experience; 9. Social conflict, protest, authority, power and violence, identity formation in the perspective of historical anthropology; 10. The issue of ritual in pre-modern societies, religion, piety, magic, orthodoxy and heresy; 11. Body and physicality in the perspective of historical anthropology.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the knowlege of discipline on the border between anthropology and history. Historical anthropology emerged from the critical debates within Western historiography. In historical research it exploit model of cultural and social anthropology, especially in the semiotic approach. Students will first be introduced to the development of historiography 20th century as the issue of the so-called anthropologisation of history. The introductory part of the course will focus on the cultural- historical and literary- historical context of historical anthropology (in the work of Johan Huizinga, Mikhail Bakhtin and Aaron Gurevich), followed by the Anglo-American scholarly tradition, its key themes and authors (folk culture of the Middle Ages and the early modern period in relation to elite culture , acculturation issues , the phenomenon of social protest and the formation of collective social consciousness, Natalie Z. Davis, Peter Burke, Edward P. Thompson, Hayden White ), followed by French researchers ( the long tradition of the Annales school and transformation of different generations - from a quantitative sociologizujícího conception of history, the historical anthropology , research collective mentalities and value patterns ; Marc Bloch, Jacques Legoff , Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie , Georges Duby, Jean Delumeau , Robert Muchembeld ) , Italian scholarly tradition (especially labor Carlo Ginzburg ) and German experts ( especially the work of Hans Medick , Alfa Luedtke , Richard van Dulmen ). Particular attention will be paid to research and work with written material sources and methods of their interpretation perceived as an analogy for participating observation in cultural anthropology. The second part of the course will be devoted to specific topics , which are the key discipline of historical anthropology . In particular, the issue of the relationship of folk culture and elite culture , microhistory , the history of mentalities , foreign experience , social protest , manifestations of authority, power and violence , identity formation , as a ritual display of continuity or discontinuity in pre-modern societies , everyday life, home and family life, gender issues in the historical- anthropological perspective , the body, religion, piety and magic. Students will become familiar with these topics through lectures and also studying scientific texts for relevant issues.
Students completing the course will be able to understand the current thought in modern historiography; discuss key issues of historical anthropology; demonstrate knowledge of the main representatives of the historical-anthropological research and scholarly work; perform basic interpretation of selected written and material sources; critically evaluated through the lens of cultural-anthropological thinking concrete key themes of historical anthropology in European history.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Active participation in class, fulfilling prescribed tasks, home study of chosen literature and systematic seminar work.
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Recommended literature
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AXEL, Brian Keith (ed.):. From the Margins. Historical Anthropology and its Futures. Durham, London: Duke University Press, 2002..
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DÜLMEN, Richard van:. Historická antropologie. Vývoj - problémy - úkoly. Praha: Dokořán, 2002..
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DÜLMEN Richard van:. Kultura a každodenní život v raném novověku(16.-18. století). 1 - 3. Praha: Argo, 1999 - 2007..
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FOUCAULT, Michel:. Archeologie vědění.
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FOUCAULT, Michel:. Dohlížet a trestat.
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GINZBURG, Carlo:. Benandanti. Čarodějnictví a venkovské kulty v 16. a 17. století. Praha: Argo, 2002..
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GINZBURG, Carlo:. Sýr a červi. Svět jednoho mlynáře kolem roku 1600. Praha: Argo, 2000..
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GUREVIČ, Aron J.:. Kategorie středověké kultury. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1978..
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HAYDEN, White:. Metahistorie. Historická imaginace v Evropě 19. století. Brno: Host, 2011..
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HORSKÝ, Jan:. Kulturní a sociální skutečnost v dějezpytném myšlení. Ústí nad Labem: Albis International, 1999..
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HUIZINGA, Johan:. Podzim středověku. Jinočany: H&H, 1999..
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IGGERS, Georg G.:. (2002). Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 2002.. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelstvi? Lidove? noviny.
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Said, Edward W. (2008). Orientalismus. Praha.
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THOMPSON, Edward P.:. The Making of the English Working Class. Toronto: Penguin, 1991 (1963)..
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