The course will provide Philosophy honors students with an idea about the theoretical critical knowledge about Social Sciences with special reference to Sociology, Anthropology, Economics and Political Science.
Course content:
What is Philosophical Analysis?, Theory and Philosophy in Anthropology Sociology., Economics & Political Science., Philosophy of Sociology., Positivism in Sociology- England., Germany & France., Positivism in Political Science., Structuralism – Sausage., Levi- Strauss., Structuralism and beyond (Bourdieu, Giddeus & Sahlius)., Psychoanalysis and Anthropology., Phenomenology and Sociology., Discourse(Facoult).
Anthropology., Sociology and Political Culture in Contemporary Sri Lanka.Gananatha Obeysekere’s Contribution to Sociology & Anthropology., S.J.Thambiah’s contribution to Sciences, The nature of Political discourse in contemporary Sri Lanka., Politics of Ethics and Ethics of Politics, Pierre Bourdieu Philosophy of Sociology., Habitus, Strategy and Practice.,
Reading List | |
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1. Levi-Strauss, C., 1976 Structural Anthropology 2 Basic Books. | |
2. Sahlins, M., Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities, Chs. 1&2. | |
3. Ortner, S., 1984 “Theory in Anthropology since the sixties” in Comparative Studies in Society and History. | |
4. Asad, T., Anthropology and the analysis of ideology Man 14 607-27 | |
5. Giddens, A., Central Problems in Sociological Theory Ch 1 & 2.(98) | |
6. Barth, F., 1959 Political Leadership among the Swat Pathans, LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology (for good Marxist Critique of the book. | |
7. මල්ලිකාරච්චි ඩෙස්මන්. 2003 E, සමාජ විද්යාත්මක හා මනෝ විද්යාත්මක රචනා ශාස්ත්රෝදය මුද්රණාලය. කුලියාපිටිය. |