Anthropology and what we can learn from the study of other cultures.
During this Anthropology subject we are made aware of global problems including poverty,
racism, and environmental destruction. There is a focus on the system of capitalism and the way the
ideal and practices of capitalism, consumerism and globalisation affect the aforementioned issues. The
lectures and readings have introduced ideas and different ways of thinking to people, including myself,
who may never have come across them before or who previously felt confused when confronted with
complex …
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…be, the way people think when their views are so different to ours. I think this
kind of abstract thinking helps in not being so judgmental and to be more conscious of our
surroundings which is the most valuable thing the subject taught me.
References
Thomas Hylland Eriksen. (1993) http://www.uio.no/~geirhe/Ethnicity.html 'Ethnicity and Nationalism'. London Pluto Press 18/ 9/ 2001
Robbins, Richard H. (1999) 'Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism' Boston, Allyn and Bacon
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