Introduction to Anthropology: Selfhood and Imperial Ambitions
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What was the initial purpose of anthropology as a subject during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

  • To establish peaceful relations with other cultures
  • To promote the strengths and successes of other cultures
  • To share knowledge and understanding with other cultures
  • To identify the weaknesses and failings of other cultures for exploitation (correct)

    • When did anthropology begin to ask the question 'What does it mean to be human'?

  • Ancient times
  • Middle ages
  • Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries (correct)
  • Late-twentieth century

    • According to anthropology, how is the self defined?

  • As a culturally defined phenomenon, shaped by traditions and rituals
  • As a socially defined phenomenon, created by both the impression of the group upon the individual and the expression of the individual upon the group (correct)
  • As an individually defined phenomenon, unaffected by social interactions
  • As a biologically defined phenomenon, determined by genetics

    • What unique relationship do humans have with other members of their species according to anthropology?

    <p>Communicative and social relationship that exceeds that of every other animal on the planet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does anthropology express about the issue of selfhood?

    <p>The anthropological approach starts and finishes with the group, defining the self as a socially defined phenomenon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marcel Mauss, what seems paradoxical regarding remaining the same person and adapting to one's context?

    <p>Remaining the same person while adapting to one's context is paradoxical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marcel Mauss, what does 'moi' refer to?

    <p>A person’s sense of who they are and their basic identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between language and culture?

    <p>Language reflects the customs and behavior of a society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Clifford Geertz emphasize in his work 'The Interpretation of Cultures'?

    <p>Analyzing human nature by noting differences between cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marcel Mauss, what does 'personne' consist of?

    <p>The social concepts of what it means to be who they are</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'Total Social Phenomenon' proposed by Mauss intended to address?

    <p>The cooperation of every sector in a community for well-balanced living</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Geertz's definition of culture in 'The Interpretation of Cultures'?

    <p>A system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to reference the culture where a language belongs when learning or teaching a language?

    <p>Because language is very much ingrained in the culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Personne' has much to do with what according to Marcel Mauss?

    <p>'Personne' refers to social concepts of what it means to be who they are</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Anthropology emerged as a subject from the imperial ambitions of European states during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Anthropology initially aimed to identify the strengths and achievements of other cultures to learn from them.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Anthropology only started asking the big question 'What does it mean to be human' in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The anthropological approach to selfhood starts and finishes with the individual.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The capacity for group living and group institutions in humans exceeds that of every other animal on the planet, according to anthropology.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Anthropology has no significant voice in the discussion of selfhood.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Marcel Mauss proposed the concept of 'moi' to refer to a person's basic identity.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marcel Mauss, 'personne' consists of the social concepts of what it means to be who one is.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Learning a new language only involves learning its alphabet and grammar, not the specific society's customs and behavior.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marcel Mauss, language and culture are intertwined and cannot be understood separately.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Clifford Geertz emphasized in his work that it is more effective to analyze human nature by noting the differences between cultures that arise over time and space.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The 'Total Social Phenomenon' proposed by Marcel Mauss suggests that every sector in a community should cooperate for a well-balanced living.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture, according to Clifford Geertz, helps define human nature by revealing the link between what humans are capable of and how they actually behave.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Language has nothing to do with culture and does not affect the crafting of the self according to the text.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Marcel Mauss studied primarily Western societies and their approach towards selfhood.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Clifford Geertz defined culture as 'a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes towards life.'

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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