Anthropology of Religion

Anthropology of Religion is a Social Science course taught by Vishnupad.

Course Description
In this course we will take up various anthropological theories of religion and fundamentally engage with the question of, what we might call, the ?real? of religion. Through the writings of Tylor and Frazer to Durkheim, Evans-Pritcard and Bataille to the rich ethnographic writings in the subsequent decades of 20th century we will interrogate categories such as the sacred and the profane, religious representations and rituals, shamanism, witchcraft and magic. Through the course we will also put these anthropological writings in conversation with other important philosophical and psychoanalytical writings on religion.