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AN2105:03

Cross-Cultural Concepts of the Self

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 1

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 2.

Staff:

Dr D Miles (Townsville campus);

Dr M Fuary (Cairns campus).

Theories of mind, body and self are fundamental to the social and cultural orientation of individuals and groups. In this subject, the self as a category of thought and as lived experience will be examined. The focus is on self-other relationships, plural or multiple selves, gender and sexuality and the self as a diverse social and cultural concept. Case studies will be drawn from various cultural contexts.

Learning Objectives:

examine the cultural and historical paradigm of Western ideas of self;

explore a number of cultural approaches to the self;

evaluate different approaches to self and identity in the behavioural sciences;

analyse the link between formations of self and different areas of human practice;

develop a sound understanding of theories of self in at least one non-Western context.

Assessment by tutorial participation (20%); class test (30%); essay (50%).