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ANTH2624: States, Peoples, and Power
2025 unit information
What is power, and where does it lie? An elusive concept, power remains central to the study of social life. The question of power relates to how political authority is recognised and exercised in different societies. It is also central to the theorisation of inequalities and to debates on political possibilities, utopian and otherwise. Anthropologists make unique contributions to these discussions through lenses enriched by cross-cultural enquiry. Students will learn how classic and current anthropological work on political forms connect with theories of the state, capitalism, socialism, anarchism, and with debates on utopian and dystopian models of society.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology |
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None |
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None |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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