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Kabir Tambar

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Anthropology

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Kabir Tambar is currently serving as an Anthropology Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University.

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Kabir Tambar

Stanford University

Associate Professor of Anthropology

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anthropology cultural anthropology ideology political science turkish studies social anthropology turkish politics social sciences sociology sociocultural anthropology ethnography genocide political philosophy popular culture public opinion aesthetics social semiotics sociology of religion cultural change cultural policy contemporary islam royal anthropological institute islamic thought anthropological theory intercultural studies crowd behavior political culture american identity public sphere multiculturalism ethnocentrism cultural relations cultural theory islamic studies international comparative perspective secular populism public visibility state violence semiotic opacity uncritical subject islamic reflexivity saba mahmood religious difference middle east orientalism history south asia cultural studies religious studies middle eastern studies religion

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The Reckoning of Pluralism. Stanford University Press eBooks (2020)

Kabir Tambar

political philosophyphilosophypolitical sciencesocial sciences

Professions of Friendship. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East (2019)

Kabir Tambar

international comparative perspectiveintercultural studiescomparative literaturesocial sciencessocial relationsculture

The Uncanny Medium: Semiotic Opacity in the Wake of Genocide. Current Anthropology (2017)

Kabir Tambar

semiotic opacityanthropologygenocidecultural anthropologysocial anthropology

Theologies of the West: A Commentary on Saba Mahmood’s Religious Difference in a Secular Age. Politics Religion & Ideology (2016)

Kabir Tambar

religious differencesaba mahmoodreligious studiesideologyreligion

Brotherhood in Dispossession: State Violence and the Ethics of Expectation in Turkey. Cultural Anthropology (2015)

Kabir Tambar

political sciencesociologydeviance (sociology)turkish studiescultural changecultural policyturkish politicscultural relationscultural theorysociocultural anthropologyanthropologyinternational relationsideologygenocidestate violencecultural anthropologyethnocentrismsocial anthropology

Islamic Reflexivity and the Uncritical Subject. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2012)

KABIR TAMBAR

uncritical subjectislamic studiesethnographyislamic thoughtanthropological theorysociocultural anthropologyanthropologycontemporary islamroyal anthropological institutecultural anthropologyislamic reflexivitysocial anthropology

Iterations of Lament: Anachronism and Affect in a Shi‘I Islamic Revival in Turkey. American Ethnologist (2011)

KABIR TAMBAR

cultural anthropologyturkish studiesanthropologyethnography

The Aesthetics of Public Visibility: Alevi Semah and the Paradoxes of Pluralism in Turkey. Comparative Studies in Society and History (2010)

Kabir Tambar

historycommunicationmass communicationaestheticsturkish studiesturkish politicspublic visibilitymulticulturalismideologypublic spherecultureamerican identityvisual culturecultural studies

Secular Populism and the Semiotics of the Crowd in Turkey. Public Culture (2009)

Kabir Tambar

political culturepolitical sciencesocial semioticspublic opinionsociologyreligious studiesturkish politicssociology of religionpopular cultureideologysecular populismcrowd behavior

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Kabir Tambar

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Anthropology

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Kabir Tambar is currently serving as an Anthropology Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Kabir Tambar

Stanford University

Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Reckoning of Pluralism. Stanford University Press eBooks (2020)

Kabir Tambar

political philosophyphilosophypolitical sciencesocial sciences

Professions of Friendship. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East (2019)

Kabir Tambar

international comparative perspectiveintercultural studiescomparative literaturesocial sciencessocial relationsculture

The Uncanny Medium: Semiotic Opacity in the Wake of Genocide. Current Anthropology (2017)

Kabir Tambar

semiotic opacityanthropologygenocidecultural anthropologysocial anthropology

Theologies of the West: A Commentary on Saba Mahmood’s Religious Difference in a Secular Age. Politics Religion & Ideology (2016)

Kabir Tambar

religious differencesaba mahmoodreligious studiesideologyreligion

Brotherhood in Dispossession: State Violence and the Ethics of Expectation in Turkey. Cultural Anthropology (2015)

Kabir Tambar

Islamic Reflexivity and the Uncritical Subject. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2012)

KABIR TAMBAR

Iterations of Lament: Anachronism and Affect in a Shi‘I Islamic Revival in Turkey. American Ethnologist (2011)

KABIR TAMBAR

cultural anthropologyturkish studiesanthropologyethnography

The Aesthetics of Public Visibility: Alevi Semah and the Paradoxes of Pluralism in Turkey. Comparative Studies in Society and History (2010)

Kabir Tambar

historycommunicationmass communicationaestheticsturkish studiesturkish politicspublic visibilitymulticulturalismideologypublic spherecultureamerican identityvisual culturecultural studies

Secular Populism and the Semiotics of the Crowd in Turkey. Public Culture (2009)

Kabir Tambar

political culturepolitical sciencesocial semioticspublic opinionsociologyreligious studiesturkish politicssociology of religionpopular cultureideologysecular populismcrowd behavior

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