E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard FBA FRAI was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxfo
Evans Pritchard
Eleusine, used in Amatangi magic, drying by a small tree. Photo by Evans-Pritchard
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Talal Asad
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Talal Asad is a Saudi-born British cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
…coined some of the key concepts in Indian sociological discourse, including "Sanskritization", "dominant caste" and "vote bank." One of his students was Talal Asad, who now teaches at the City University of New York. Mary Douglas's classic Purity and Danger on pollutions and uncertainty — what we often denote as…
Talal Asad in 2013