Anthropologie des afrikanischen Kapitalismus / Anthropology of African Capitalism - Detailseite

In diesem Seminar wird der Kapitalismus aus ethnographischem wie historischem Sicht untersucht.  Die Entwicklung des Konzeptes wird an Hand von Texten von Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern aus den Gebieten der Geschichte und der Anthropologie untersucht.  Wirtschaftsanthropologen haben Zweifel an dem Kapitalismus als wirtschaftliche Ideologie erhoben.  Diese Zweifel werden besprochen sowie grundlegende Konzepte und die wichtigsten Figuren der Geschichte des Kapitalismus und deren Ideen.  Insbesondere wird die Vermittlung kritischer und kognitiver Fertigkeiten zur Analyse aktueller globalen wirtschaftlichen Prozessen angestrebt.  Fallstudien aus Afrika und Asien werden untersucht.

In this seminar we will examine capitalism from both ethnographic and historical points of view. We will explore the development of the concept through the works of economic historians and economic anthropologists. We will also discuss concerns economic anthropologists have raised about capitalism as an economic ideology. Key concepts, and the ideas of key figures in the history of capitalism, are discussed. Special attention is paid to providing students with tools for understanding and critiquing current, global economic processes. Case studies for the seminar will be drawn from Africa and Asia.

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