Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CULTURES OF CAPITALISM

Department: Anthropology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Most of us think of capitalism as primarily an economic phenomenon. Yet, it also has a profoundly cultural dimension that includes culturally specific forms of risk taking, speculation, and even money and capital. This course will explore contemporary phenomenon such as speculation, booms and busts, and the stock market, and use them to discuss some of the classic work on the "cultures of capitalism", including Marx, Simmel, Kracauer, and contemporary writers such as Jameson, DeBord and Virillio. This is not an introductory course in economics but will look at how people talk and write about culture and capitalism. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 572.