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ANTHROPOLOGIST

Arjun Appadurai

1949 - Today

Arjun Appadurai

Arjun Appadurai (born 1949) is an Indian-American anthropologist recognized as a major theorist in globalization studies. In his anthropological work, he discusses the importance of the modernity of nation-states and globalization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arjun Appadurai has received more than 425,304 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Arjun Appadurai is the 63rd most popular anthropologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from India (down from 396th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Arjun Appadurai ranks 63 out of 69. Before him are Melville J. Herskovits, George Murdock, Madison Grant, Helen Fisher, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Raymond Firth. After him are Georges Balandier, Max Gluckman, Gayle Rubin, Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg, Ashley Montagu, and Robert Lowie.

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Melville J. Herskovits
1895 - 1963
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 57
George Murdock
1897 - 1985
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 58
Madison Grant
1865 - 1937
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 59
Helen Fisher
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 60
Johann Carl Fuhlrott
1803 - 1877
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 61
Raymond Firth
1901 - 2002
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 62
Arjun Appadurai
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 63
Georges Balandier
1920 - 2016
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 64
Max Gluckman
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 65
Gayle Rubin
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 66
Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
1900 - 1991
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 67
Ashley Montagu
1905 - 1999
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 68
Robert Lowie
1883 - 1957
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 69