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Johannes Fabian

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German anthropologist

NetherlandsAcademicsLived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
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Johannes Fabian was a German anthropologist who was professor of anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. His ethnographic and historical research focuses on religious movements, language, work, and popular culture in the Shaba mining region of Zaire.

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Awards 2

2010Huxley Memorial Medal
1991ASA Best Book Prize

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Johannes Fabian was a German anthropologist who was professor of anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. His ethnographic and historical research focuses on religious movements, language, work, and popular culture in the Shaba mining region of Zaire. His theoretical and critical work addresses questions of epistemology and history in anthropology, notably the influential book Time and the Other (1983), which has become a classic in the field of anthropology.

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Netherlands
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
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7 languages

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