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...Rel 113. Social Structure of Brazil. Half course (spring term). T, T, (S) at 11. Discusses various approaches to the study of Brazilian society and the type of understanding which may (or may not) be gained from each. Particular attention will be paid to the idea of "two nations" and its sociological implications, to race relations, to the function of the bureaucracy, and to the working of the political system...
...Rel 264a. Seminar: Structural anthropology. Half course (fall term). M, 2-4. The seminar will discuss the theory and practice of structural anthropology and deal with the problems of comparing one society with another and of establishing generalizations for the societies studied...
...Rel 264b. Seminar: Structural anthropology. Half course (spring term). M, 2-4. The seminar will apply methods of structural anthropology in the examination of data collected in the field by members of the Harvard-Central Brazil Research Project. Special attention will be paid to the structural analysis of myth, ritual, and of political and relationship systems...
Social Relations S-147: George Goethals has attracted a fiercely loyal following among Harvard students; their protests, among other things, led the University to appoint him assistant dean of the College after he failed to win tenure in the Soc Rel Department. The course covers "Theories of Personality," Freud and his modifietrs, plus excursions into anthropology and sociology...
Sadly Nobody Waved Goodbye lacks more than blame, which we can do very well without thank-you. It lacks comment and insight. It remains on the level of observation--sensitive, artful, frequently touching--but no more illuminating than a Soc Rel 120 case history...