Numbering Code	G-AAA03 83301 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	From 1st to 5th year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.2
Instructor name	FUJIKURA TATSUROU (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Professor) (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	In order to understand the events and phenomena in a region, one needs to understand concepts and theories in the humanities and social sciences.
Course Goals	In this course, we will discuss these basic concepts and theories, especially sociological and anthropological ones, touching on their intellectual history. We will also look at ways of employing these types of knowledge in the processes of fieldwork or in writing dissertations. The content of this course is linked to South Asian Area Studies III, held in the second semester, and we recommend that students continue by taking South Asian Area Studies III. (Note that this course is a course for the South and West Asian Area Studies of the Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies.)
Schedule and Contents	The content of the class is as follows. We will read written materials as necessary. １． Introduction ２． Individual and Society 　① Durkheim. Elementary Forms of Religious Life ３． Individual and Society 　② Durkheim. Elementary Forms of Religious Life（２） ４． Individual and Society 　③　Weber, Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism ５． Individual and Society 　④ Marx, Capital ６． Culture and Society, Cultural Relativism ７． Structural Functionalism: Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific ８． Structurism: Levi-Strauss, Totemism ９． Interpretation of Cultures: Geertz, Interpretation of Cultures １０． Society and Body: Foucault, Discipline and Punish; History of Sexuality I Will to Knowledge １１．Society and Body: Butler, Gender Trouble １２． Society and Body: Bourdieu, The Logic of Practice １３． Actor-Network Theory １４． Contemporary Issues １５． Contemporary Issues Note that the content may change, depending on circumstances.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	tudents will be evaluated on the basis of how much of the course content they learned in connection with their own research interests. Evaluation methods will include attendance, class participation and a final report.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	To be assigned in class.