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Can there be an anthropology of Hinduism?

Can there be an anthropology of Hinduism?

FromAnthropology


Can there be an anthropology of Hinduism?

FromAnthropology

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A discussion of the anthropology of Hinduism and the difficulties of categorizing religion. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by David Gellner of Oxford (5 December 2014)
Released:
Jan 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Podcasts from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. The School is renowned for its contributions to anthropological theory, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture. Home to over forty academic staff, over a hundred doctoral students, twelve Master’s programmes, and two undergraduate degrees (Human Sciences; Archaeology and Anthropology), Oxford anthropology is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant centres for teaching and research in the discipline. It came top of the Power (research excellence + volume) rankings for anthropology in the UK in RAE 2008.