Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Author · 7 books
Dr. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Ph.D., was Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, specializing in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics.
Series
Books
Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand
1970

The Buddhist Saints of the Forest
1984

Leveling Crowds
Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia
1996

Sri Lanka
Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
1986

Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality
1990

World Conqueror and World Renouncer
A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background
1976

Buddhism Betrayed?
Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
1992