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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jonathan_SpencerJonathan Spencer - Wikipedia

    Jonathan Robert Spencer, FRSE, FBA (born 23 December 1954) is a British social anthropologist and academic. Since 2014, he has been the Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh.

  3. scholar.google.com › citations‪jonathan spencer‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

    Anthropology, politics and the state: Democracy and violence in South Asia. J Spencer. Cambridge University Press. , 2007. 448. 2007. The concept of society is theoretically obsolete. M...

  4. polarjournal.org › 2024/03/06 › what-of-the-politicalWhat of the Political Imagination? Jonathan Spencer’s...

    Mar 6, 2024 · This is the dynamic that Jonathan focuses on. To theorize elections not in their execution in specific places but as a ritual that proposes an ideal type for the political, we might think of the staging of a sacrifice and the willingness of the loser to accept defeat for the sake of a group.

  5. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Jonathan Spencer (Author of Napoleon's Run) - Goodreads

    Jonathan Spencer has 33 books on Goodreads with 2342 ratings. Jonathan Spencer’s most popular book is Napoleon's Run (William John Hazzard #1).

  6. www.sps.ed.ac.uk › staff › jonathan-spencerJonathan Spencer | School of Social and Political Science

    Jonathan Spencer has carried out fieldwork in Sri Lanka since the early 1980s, concentrating at first on rural change and local politics, but writing more recently on ethnic conflict, political violence and political non-violence.

  7. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

    Dec 4, 2009 · Jonathan Spencer is Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

  8. polarjournal.org › 2024/03/06 › jonathan-spencer-sri-lanka-andJonathan Spencer, Sri Lanka, and Political Anthropology

    Mar 6, 2024 · The essays in this forum celebrate Jonathan Spencer’s many contributions to anthropology, and were originally presented at a workshop held in Edinburgh in October 2023. Over his career Jonathan has produced an influential body of work on political anthropology and the anthropology of violence.

  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jonathan_DJonathan D. Spence - Wikipedia

    Jonathan Dermot Spence CMG (11 August 1936 – 25 December 2021) was a British-American historian, sinologist, and author who specialised in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.

  10. journals.sagepub.com › doi › absJonathan Spencer, Anthropology, Politics and the State: Democracy...

    Feb 18, 2011 · Jonathan Spencer, Anthropology, Politics and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiii + 203 pp. Plates, notes, bibliography, index. $29.99 (paperback)

  11. www.imdb.com › name › nm0817990Jonathan Spencer - Credits (text only) - IMDb

    Credits (text only) - Rival Companions (2023) ... Weapons Expert. - Frank: Ghosts of Gallagher Past (2021) ... Andy. - Kev & V: God Doesn't Give with Both Hands (2021) ... Andy. - Spring Break (2017) ... Ray.