Gananath Obeyesekere

Gananath Obeyesekere (2 February 1930 – 25 March 2025) was a Sri Lankan anthropologist of religion and professor of anthropology at Princeton University. His research focused on psychoanalysis and anthropology and how personal symbolism is related to religious experience, in addition to the European exploration of Polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages for the development of ethnography. His books include ''Land Tenure in Village Ceylon'', ''Medusa's Hair'', ''The Cult of the Goddess Pattini'', ''Buddhism Transformed'' (coauthor), ''The Work of Culture'', ''The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific'', and ''Making Karma''. He did much of his fieldwork in Sri Lanka. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Imagining karma ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth

    Imagining karma ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

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    Cannibal talk : the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas /

    Cannibal talk : the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas / by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth /

    Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    Placating the demons ritual practices among Sri Lankans

    Placating the demons ritual practices among Sri Lankans by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 2022
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    The awakened ones phenomenology of visionary experience

    The awakened ones phenomenology of visionary experience by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 2012
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    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas

    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

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    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas

    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    Medusa's hair an essay on personal symbols and religious experience

    Medusa's hair an essay on personal symbols and religious experience by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

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    The apotheosis of Captain Cook European mythmaking in the Pacific

    The apotheosis of Captain Cook European mythmaking in the Pacific by Obeyesekere, Gananath

    Published 1997
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    The work of culture symbolic transformation in psychoanalysis and anthropology

    The work of culture symbolic transformation in psychoanalysis and anthropology by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1990
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    Exemplary Prophecy or Ethical Asceticism? The Nature of the Early Buddhist Religious Reform

    Exemplary Prophecy or Ethical Asceticism? The Nature of the Early Buddhist Religious Reform by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1981
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    The awakened ones phenomenology of visionary experience

    The awakened ones phenomenology of visionary experience by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

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    The Apotheosis of Captain Cook European Mythmaking in the Pacific

    The Apotheosis of Captain Cook European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Obeyesekere, Gananath

    Published 2021
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    The Awakened Ones Phenomenology of Visionary Experience

    The Awakened Ones Phenomenology of Visionary Experience by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas

    Cannibal talk the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    Imagining karma ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth

    Imagining karma ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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    The work of culture symbolic transformation in psychoanalysis and anthropology

    The work of culture symbolic transformation in psychoanalysis and anthropology by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1993
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    The apotheosis of Captain Cook European mythmaking in the Pacific

    The apotheosis of Captain Cook European mythmaking in the Pacific by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1992
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    The cult of the goddess Pattini

    The cult of the goddess Pattini by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1987
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    The cult of the goddess Pattini

    The cult of the goddess Pattini by Obeyesekere, Gananath 1930-

    Published 1984
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