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Main topics: 1.Defining anthropology: its relationship to other academic disciplines; subdisciplines of anthropology; ethnology and ethnography. 2.Frameworks and methods: anthropology as a holistic discipline concerned with human variability; genes-environment-population. 3.The brain and the body: neuroendocrine and psychophysiological pathways to behaviour. 4.Development and plasticity: psychology within an adaptive and evolutionary framework; epigenetics, early environment, and life history. 5.Bioculture: the intersection of biological and cultural determinants; culture as both a selective and developmental environment; ethical boundaries. 6.Culture: cultural relativism versus ethnocentrism; the emic versus etic distinction; the problem of cultural universals. 7.Cultural transmission and cultural change: forms of cultural transmission; cultural hybridisation, glocalisation, and appropriation. 8.The embodiment of culture: the concept of embodiment; the relationship between the body and cultural symbols; culture, illness, and health. 9.Field research: ethnography and participant observation; comparison; neutrality versus engagement; research ethics. 10.Culture and personality: configurationalism; cultural patterns; the relationship between sex/gender and temperament; enculturation. 11.Culture and language: the concept of the sign; the structure of language; linguistic classification of the world; the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. 12.Culture and cognition: anthropological approaches to knowledge; worldview; ontological pluralism. 13.Culture and religion: traditional and new religious forms; the role of spirituality in education, psychology, and therapy.
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Recommended literature
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Eriksen, T. H. Sociální a kulturní antropologie: Příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha. 2008.
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Monaghan, J., & Just, P. Social & cultural anthropology: A very short introduction. 2000.
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Morgensternová, Monika. Interkulturní psychologie : rozvoj interkulturní senzitivity. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1361-1.
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Ostler, N. Říše slova: Jazykové dějiny světa. 2007.
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Peoples, J., & Garrick, B. Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. 2018.
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Poston L. et al. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2022.
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Sapolsky, Robert M. Chování : biologie člověka v dobrém i ve zlém. První vydání v českém jazyce. 2019. ISBN 978-80-7363-947-1.
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Soukup M. Antropologie: Teorie, koncepty a osobnosti. 2019.
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Soukup, Martin. Základy kulturní antropologie. 4. upravené a rozšířené vydání. 2025. ISBN 978-80-7465-672-9.
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Šmarda, Jan. Biologie pro psychology a pedagogy. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-343-7.
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