MEETING 5 : BELIEF SYSTEMSOCTOBER 6 , 2010

ANTH326 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan

Africa

Binary dichotomy in anthropology

Public/privateStructural assumptionExplaining events Evans-Pritchard

Strong forms of cultural relativism

EmbeddingNuanced reactions to colonialism

Links to previous on kinship

Ancestor worshipSolidarityReciprocity

Power

SockpuppetsNetworksRisks and responsibilitiesWeber

Uses of money

ProstitutionCost of marriageAdventurers

Modernization theory

The fitLemons and lemonadeInvisible HandNonlinear historyGrafted upon contradictionsDiversity

Intensity of contact

Maitres fous (Jean Rouch)SlaveryCapitals