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ANTH3623: Reconciling Justice with Anthropology
2026 unit information
As the global dominance of liberal norms fades, authoritarian populism and nationalism has returned. Yet many other societies have instead turned to values of sovereignty, solidarity, and vulnerability to imagine visions of freedom based on interdependence. Anthropologists have always promoted pluralism, yet remain embedded in Western ideas of humanism. What role should anthropology play at a time when ideas of justice are in dispute? This class examines cases of radical social, ethical, and political reimagination—including postconflict transition, truth-telling, abolitionism, and reparative justice, as well as reactionary new nationalisms—to ask what anthropology we need for a just world.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Anthropology |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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