ANTHROPOLOGY

What is Anthropology?
• The etymology or origin of the term anthropology can be traced back to
two Greek words, ‘anthropos’ and ‘logos’.
• Anhropos – means human
• Logos – refers to “knowledge”
• anthropology can be understood as the ‘knowledge about humans’
• studies the diversity and similarity of the way a person live and make
connections as social and cultural beings
• a discipline compares cultural and social life primarily through
participant observation, a research method that entails lengthy
fieldwork or immersion in a specific social setting.
• as an academic discipline provides a more grounded, insightful, and
deeper understanding of our common humanity
 Who Said What?
1. A human being is a political animal.
2. Politics is the authoritative allocation of values in a society.
3. Politics refers to any activity involving human beings
associated together in relationship of power and authority
where conflict occurs.
4. Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without
violence.
5. Politics is reserved for statesmen and stateswomen
 Political Science
1. A human being is a political animal.
- Aristotle
2. Politics is the authoritative allocation of values in a society.
- David Easton
3. Politics refers to any activity involving human beings associated together
in relationship of power and authority where conflict occurs.
- Robert Dahl
4. Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without violence.
- Bernard Crick
5. Politics is reserved for statesmen and stateswomen
- Michael Oakeshott