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Arjun Appadurai

1949 - Today

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Arjun Appadurai FRAI (born 4 February 1949) is an Indian-American anthropologist who has been recognized as a major theorist in globalization studies. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. In his anthropological work, he discusses the importance of the modernity of nation-states and globalization. He is the former professor of anthropology and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, Humanities Dean at the University of Chicago, director of the Center on Cities and Globalization at Yale University, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at The New School, and professor of education and human development studies at New York University's Steinhardt School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arjun Appadurai is the 58th most popular anthropologist (up from 62nd in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Arjun Appadurai ranks 58 out of 93. Before him are Gilberto Freyre, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Maurice Godelier, Fei Xiaotong, Bill Mollison, and Aleš Hrdlička. After him are Gayle Rubin, James C. Scott, Max Gluckman, Robert Lowie, Georges Balandier, and Raymond Firth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Arjun Appadurai ranks 374. Before him are Mugur Isărescu, Steven Williams, Åse Kleveland, Shelley Long, Pia Degermark, and Hartmut Briesenick. After him are Leivinha, Gheorghe Berceanu, Daniel Killer, Carlos Veiga, Tarık Akan, and Ivan Kostov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Arjun Appadurai ranks 570 out of 1,861. Before him are Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), Hemu (1501), William Birdwood (1865), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), and Malik Kafur (1250). After him are B. V. Doshi (1927), Manorama (1937), Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), Ratna Pathak (1957), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), and Rambhadracharya (1950).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In India

Among anthropologists born in India, Arjun Appadurai ranks 1. 

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