ANTH 0780 1nd Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I. SocietyA. Stratified societiesB. Naturalizing discourseC. ClassD. Clientage E. RaceF. EthnicityII. NationA. NationB. Nation StateC. NationalityD. Nation-BuildingE. NationnessF. Nationalism III. StateA. DefinitionB. Constructed through institutions C. Controls Authority is seen as legitimateD. State represents societyE. Strategic EssentialismThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.F. Transformist HegemonyOutline of Current Lecture I. Power and StructureA. Political AnthropologyB. PowerC. Social powerD. DominationE. HegemonyF. GovernmentalityG. Biopower II. Power as an Independent EntityA. Independent forceB. Ability to tap power1. Consensus is generally how decisions are reached 2. Ex: Ongka’s Big MokaC. Agency (response to domination) D. “Hidden transcripts”E. Cultural NegotiationsIII. ArticlesA. Jane Hill’s Article B. Philip Bourgois’s Article1. Addresses structural power 2. Cultural capital 3. Agency C. Abu-Lughod’s ArticleCurrent LectureI. Power and StructureA. Political Anthropology- the study of social power in human society1. Formative Era (1851-1939)2. Classic Era (1942-1971)3. Modern Era (1970s-Present)B. Power- the ability to transform a given situation (transformative)1. Interpersonal Power2. Organizational Power3. Structural PowerC. Social power– choice affects an entire social groupD. Domination1. Ideology- worldview that justifies the social arrangements under which people live (assumes passivity of people on the ground)2. Coercive RuleE. Hegemony1. Persuading subordinates to accept the ideology of the dominant group by mutualaccommodations that nevertheless preserve the rulers’ privileged position 2. Achieved through the dissemination of ideology via various meansF. Governmentality- the art of governing appropriate to promoting the welfare of populations within a state (Foucault)G. Biopower- involves using information provided to the state in order to help govern a population II. Power as an Independent EntityA. In some stateless societies, power is seen as an independent forceB. Ability to tap power- the world is a balance of different forcesand coercion is usually ruled out1. Consensus is generally how decisions are reached 2. Ex: Ongka’s Big MokaC. Agency (response to dominiation) ability of self-contained individuals to achieve what they want through ability to use cultural formsD. “Hidden transcripts”– narratives that contradict the hegemonic discourse that a person encounters in daily live (combat hegemony)E. Cultural Negotiations1. Cultural creativity means people can imagine world as pure possibility2. Material circumstances limit the possibilities of the imagination3. Make possibilities highly unrealisticIII. ArticlesD. Jane Hill’s Article “Language, Race, and White Public Space”1. Maintenance of radical forms of power2. Covert racism- subtle racism that is not addressed3. Studied the ways of speaking that mark racial groups and drew attention to the racially marked ways of speaking and how it can show a group’s social power4. Moch Spanish- phrases with negative connotationE. Philip Bourgois’s Article “Office Work and the Crack Alternative Among Puerto Rican Drug Deals in East Harlem”4. Addresses structural power- neoliberal policies outsourcing of factory jobs in US 5. Cultural capital- office and service jobs rely on different types of cultural knowledge than the knowledge promoted by life in East Harlem 6. Agency- selling crack becomes a means to enacting agency F. Abu-Lughod’s Article “Living the ‘Revolution’ in an Egyptian Village: Moral Action in a National Space”1. Structural Power- effect of neoliberal policies in Egypt prior to 2011 that increased wealth discrepancy2. Revolution unites Egyptiansas villagers take local action which built a national