Stephan Feuchtwang

Stephan Feuchtwang (born 1937) is emeritus professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE). His main area of research is China. ^{[1] [2]}

He was born in Berlin in 1937, the son of Wilhelm Feuchtwang and Eva Neurath. ^{[3] [4]} His grandfather, David Feuchtwang, was the chief rabbi of Vienna. ^[5] Feuchtwang is the author of books on Chinese popular religion, feng shui, and (with Wang Mingming) a book on local leadership: Grassroots Charisma in southern Fujian and northern Taiwan. ^[6]

Bibliography (selected)

• with Charlotte Bruckermann: The Anthropology of China. China as ethnographic and theoretical critique, Imperial College Press 2016, ISBN 978-1-78326-982-2.
• After the Event. The Transmission of Grievous Loss in Germany, China and Taiwan, berghahn 2011, ISBN 978-0-85745-086-9.
• The Anthropology of Religion, Charisma and Ghosts, De Gruyter 2010, ISBN 9783110223552.
• with Wang Mingming: Grassroots Charisma. Four Local Leaders in China, Routledge 2002, ISBN 9780415865579.
• The Imperial Metaphor: Popular Religion in China, Routledge 1992, ISBN 978-0415021463.

References

1. "Professor Stephan Feuchtwang - People - Anthropology - Home". Lse.ac.uk. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
2. Professor Emeritus Stephan Feuchtwang (22 May 2015). "Profile - Experts - Research and expertise - Home". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
3. "Stephan Feuchtwang". Alanmacfarlane.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
4. Plante, David (6 January 2000). "Eva Neurath". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
5. Peter Unwin (31 January 2013). Newcomers' Lives: The Story of Immigrants as Told in Obituaries from The Times. A&C Black. pp. 149–150. ISBN   978-1-4411-5917-5.
6. "Stephan Feuchtwang | Middle East Institute". Mei.edu. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

External links

• Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane in 2009 (video)