2018-19

This course focuses on the Ottoman economy, which was in deep trouble by second half of the 19th century. The main reason for the economic crisis lay in the loans accumulated by the Ottomans, who borrowed from European Great Powers, although there were certainly financial difficulties in the empire before then.  Territorial losses, the corruption of public servants and the concession to certain owners of capital (Mültezim) of the right to collect taxes reduced state revenues, which became the principal feature of the history of the 18th and 19th centuries.

This course introduces students to social and cultural anthropology and therefore focuses on the concepts of society, culture and civilization.  It therefore introduces students to the different anthropological directions involved in the inquiry of these matters. Students will learn about the trajectory of anthropology and the different schools/perspectives that evolved from the early 20th century down to the post-war period and recent trends. Thus we will examine and assess functionalism, structural-functionalism, structuralism and post-structural studies.