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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2008
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ANTH 372 001 (CRN: 22555)
CULTURES OF CAPITALISM
Long Title: CULTURES OF CAPITALISM
Department: Anthropology
Instructor: Vann, Elizabeth
Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR (7-JAN-2008 - 23-APR-2008)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 20
Section Enrolled: 10
Enrollment data as of: 14-MAY-2024 2:59PM
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.