ANTH 120MJ: PSYCH AND PHEN

University of California, Santa Barbara

Examines a subfield of anthropology whose conceptual frameworks rely on tra ditions of phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and psychology. The course focuse s on the emergence of this subfield, its texts and discourses, and its impo rtance for anthropological inquiry. It also explores the themes it foregrou nds, including medicine, the body, the imagination, existence, therapeutic worlds, addiction, gender and sexuality, religious traditions, shamanism, a nd colonialism. Throughout our readings we also consider the deep affinitie s between anthropology, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis, how they have hi storically intersected, and their relevance for contemporary anthropologica l analysis.