Axel Michaels

843 total citations
47 papers, 236 citations indexed

About

Axel Michaels is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Michaels has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 236 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Axel Michaels's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 papers) and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (4 papers). Axel Michaels is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 papers) and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (4 papers). Axel Michaels collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Axel Michaels's co-authors include Christiane Brosius, Christoph Wulf, Gerd Althoff, Nutan Sharma, Christoph Wulf, Dietrich Harth, Michael Bergunder, Barbara Mittler and Madeleine Herren and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, History and Theory and Contributions to Indian Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Axel Michaels

34 papers receiving 183 citations

Peers

Axel Michaels
Fiona Bowie United Kingdom
John R. Hinnells United Kingdom
David Nirenberg United States
John Stratton Hawley United States
Stephen Prothero United States
Eugene V. Gallagher United States
Amy Hollywood United States
Michael Pye Germany
S. Brent Plate United States
Fiona Bowie United Kingdom
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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Michaels

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Michaels

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michaels, Axel. (2023). Der Hinduismus.
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Michaels, Axel. (2021). Hinduism. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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Michaels, Axel. (2018). Rites of Passage. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (2016). Homo Ritualis. Oxford University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (2013). South Asian Festivals on the Move. Harrassowitz eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (2012). Getting married: Hindu and Buddhist Marriage Rituals Among the Newars of Bhaktapur and Patan, Nepal. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel & Christoph Wulf. (2011). Images of the body in India. Routledge eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (2010). Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Harrassowitz eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel & Christoph Wulf. (2009). The body in India : ritual, transgression, performativity. Akademie Verlag eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel & Gerd Althoff. (2008). Die neue Kraft der Rituale. Winter eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (2008). Growing Up: Hindu and Buddhist Initiation Rituals Among Newar Children in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (2006). Sakrale Landschaften und religiöse Raumgefühle. 275–284.
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Michaels, Axel. (2004). Die Kunst des einfachen Lebens : eine Kulturgeschichte der Askese. C.H.Beck eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (2001). The pandit : traditional scholarship in India. 17 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (1997). Klassiker der Religionswissenschaft : von Friedrich Schleiermacher bis Mircea Eliade. C.H.Beck eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (1996). Wild goddesses in India and Nepal : proceedings of an international symposium, Berne and Zurich, November 1994. P. Lang eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (1988). The making of a statue : lost-wax casting in Nepal. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (1987). Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley : proceedings of an international conference in Lübeck, June 1985. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel. (1978). Beweisverfahren in der vedischen Sakralgeometrie : ein Beitrag zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Wissenschaft. Steiner eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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