During this Anthropology subject we are made aware of global problems including poverty, racism, and environmental destruction. There is a focus on the system of capitalism and the way the ideal and practices of capitalism, consumerism and globalisation affect the aforementioned issues. The lectures and readings have introduced ideas and different ways of thinking to people, including myself, who may never have come across them before or who previously felt confused when confronted with complex …showed first 75 words of 1547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1547 total…be, the way people think when their views are so different to ours. I think this kind of abstract thinking helps in not being so judgmental and to be more conscious of our surroundings which is the most valuable thing the subject taught me. References Thomas Hylland Eriksen. (1993) http://www.uio.no/~geirhe/Ethnicity.html 'Ethnicity and Nationalism'. London Pluto Press 18/ 9/ 2001 Robbins, Richard H. (1999) 'Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism' Boston, Allyn and Bacon