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Title: The 'Great Indian Middle Class' and the Anxieties of Hindu Nationalism

Where & When:  Thursday, November 10
                           Eggers 100a
                           4:00 pm

Type of Activity:  Public Lecture

Speaking:    Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology at Yale University

Summary:   Professor Hansen's interests have been in the intersection between political and legal anthropology, and the anthropology of religion.  He has done fieldwork in Western India and in formerly Indian townships in South Africa.  Currently, he is working on a book exploring religious revival, cultural identities, music, and anxious political imaginaries in post-apartheid South Africa, as seen from the point of view of a formerly Indian township outside Durban.  Professor Hansen's publications include The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India (1999) and Wages of Violence (2001).

 

Sponsorship:  South Asia Center, Anthropology, Religion, and Political Science

 

 

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