Michael Carrithers

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Carrithers is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Carrithers has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Philosophy, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Michael Carrithers's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (8 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (6 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 papers). Michael Carrithers is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (8 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (6 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 papers). Michael Carrithers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Norway. Michael Carrithers's co-authors include Ernest Gellner, Matei Candea, Soumhya Venkatesan, Martin Holbraad, Karen Sykes, Steven B. Emery, David Machín, Martin Southwold, Louise J. Bracken and K. O. L. Burridge and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Carrithers

39 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, His... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History.
    1986 491 citations Ernest Gellner, Michael Carrithers Man profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Carrithers United Kingdom 17 536 408 185 184 165 42 1.3k
Catherine Bell Canada 5 550 1.0× 352 0.9× 153 0.8× 139 0.8× 166 1.0× 23 1.4k
Michael M. Ames Canada 16 619 1.2× 411 1.0× 258 1.4× 86 0.5× 132 0.8× 46 1.6k
Ivan Karp United States 17 619 1.2× 466 1.1× 142 0.8× 135 0.7× 72 0.4× 49 1.7k
Margaret E. Kenna United Kingdom 11 608 1.1× 258 0.6× 193 1.0× 100 0.5× 82 0.5× 32 1.2k
Edith Turner United States 13 742 1.4× 270 0.7× 92 0.5× 496 2.7× 171 1.0× 45 1.4k
Paul Stoller United States 21 965 1.8× 770 1.9× 223 1.2× 299 1.6× 126 0.8× 106 2.1k
Stephen D. Glazier United States 16 537 1.0× 292 0.7× 110 0.6× 108 0.6× 94 0.6× 72 1.0k
Karen E. Fields United States 11 1.3k 2.4× 357 0.9× 250 1.4× 98 0.5× 164 1.0× 19 2.0k
James Laidlaw United Kingdom 14 1.1k 2.0× 743 1.8× 437 2.4× 194 1.1× 180 1.1× 32 2.0k
K. O. L. Burridge United Kingdom 18 752 1.4× 461 1.1× 240 1.3× 228 1.2× 114 0.7× 64 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Carrithers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carrithers, Michael. (2012). Seriousness, Irony, and the Mission of Hyperbole. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 3(1). 5 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael, Louise J. Bracken, & Steven B. Emery. (2011). Can a Species Be a Person?: A Trope and Its Entanglements in the Anthropocene Era. Current Anthropology. 52(5). 661–685. 17 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (2008). From Inchoate Pronouns to Proper Nouns: A Theory Fragment with 9/11, Gertrude Stein, and an East German Ethnography. History and Anthropology. 19(2). 161–186. 22 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (2006). “Presenciando un naufragio”: las figuraciones alemanas al afrontar el pasado para enfrentar el futuro. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (2006). 'Witnessing a shipwreck' : German figurations in facing the past to face the future.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 2 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (2005). Anthropology as a Moral Science of Possibilities. Current Anthropology. 46(3). 433–456. 80 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (2001). The Buddha. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1999). The Feast of the Sorcerer: Practices of Consciousness and Power. American Ethnologist. 26(4). 1032–1033. 5 indexed citations
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Machín, David & Michael Carrithers. (1996). From `interpretative communities' to `communities of improvisation'. Media Culture & Society. 18(2). 343–352. 23 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael, et al.. (1995). Por qué los humanos tenemos culturas? : una aproximación a la antropología y la diversidad social. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 5 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1990). Jainism and Buddhism as enduring historical streams. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael, Andrew Barry, Ivan Brady, et al.. (1990). Is Anthropology Art or Science? [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 31(3). 263–282. 33 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1988). Passions of Nation and Community in the Bahubali Affair. Modern Asian Studies. 22(4). 815–844. 8 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1988). The Anthropologist as Author: Geertz's 'Works and Lives'. Anthropology Today. 4(4). 19–19. 6 indexed citations
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Mosko, Mark S., Michael Carrithers, Steven Collins, & Steven Lukes. (1987). The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History. Ethnohistory. 34(1). 110–110. 6 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael, et al.. (1987). The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History. Political Psychology. 8(4). 681–681. 9 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1986). Founders of faith. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael, et al.. (1986). Indian Religion.. Man. 21(2). 360–360. 1 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael & Ernest Gellner. (1981). Spectacles and Predicaments: Essays in Social Theory.. Man. 16(3). 504–504. 23 indexed citations
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Carrithers, Michael. (1979). The Modern Ascetics of Lanka and the Pattern of Change in Buddhism. Man. 14(2). 294–294. 17 indexed citations

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