Theory of Culture 1: Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology

The subject provides a basic introduction to the cultural and social anthropology, the history of its creation, with its methods as the main areas of interest. On this basis is to convey knowledge culture as an expression of specifically human activity that exposes human world, provide orientation and arranges his life. It shows that man is carried through culture as a social being, which defines its own identity within a wide range of relationships, from basic family ties to the very complex social systems. The course also introduces the fact that all cultural phenomena are conditional and that stem from many different factors exist and interact.
The aim of the subject is to present an outline of the fundamental themes of cultural and social anthropology as part of ethics and social and cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on the question of what is culture, how is formed and how it affects the thinking and behavior of a human individual and society. The subject highlights some of the ways to answer the question of the ways of forming cultures and outlines specific options reflection base paths interpretation issues of culture.