Paul Diener

401 total citations
16 papers, 216 citations indexed

About

Paul Diener is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Diener has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 216 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Paul Diener's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (3 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 papers). Paul Diener is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (3 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 papers). Paul Diener collaborates with scholars based in United States. Paul Diener's co-authors include Donald M. Nonini, Frederick J. Simoons, Andrew P. Vayda, Allen Johnson, K. R. Moore, Marvin Harris, Philip L. Wagner, Harold B. Barclay, Eric Β. Ross and Ruth Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, American Ethnologist and Latin American Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Paul Diener

16 papers receiving 151 citations

Peers

Paul Diener
Robert Dirks United States
Nora Scott
Malcolm C. Webb United States
Bernard Nietschmann United States
André-Georges Haudricourt France
Barrie Sharpe United Kingdom
Nirmal Kumar Bose United States
Dennis Werner Brazil
Bernardino de Sahagún
Alexandre Surrallés France
Robert Dirks United States
Paul Diener
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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Diener

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Diener

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Diener, Paul. (1997). Religion and morality : an introduction. 1 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul. (1984). HUMANISM AND SCIENCE IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE GREAT PROTEIN FIASCO. Journal of Social Philosophy. 15(1). 13–20. 1 indexed citations
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Westen, Drew, Michael Chibnik, Paul Diener, et al.. (1984). Cultural Materialism: Food for Thought or Bum Steer? [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 25(5). 639–653. 8 indexed citations
4.
Johnson, Allen, Robert L. Carneiro, Paul Diener, et al.. (1982). Reductionism in Cultural Ecology: The Amazon Case [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 23(4). 413–428. 23 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard N., Donald T. Campbell, Ronald Cohen, et al.. (1981). Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(6). 603–624. 16 indexed citations
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Freed, Stanley A., Ruth S. Freed, Roger Ballard, et al.. (1981). Sacred Cows and Water Buffalo in India: The Uses of Ethnography [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(5). 483–502. 10 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, et al.. (1980). Meat, markets, and mechanical materialism: The great protein fiasco in anthropology. Dialectical Anthropology. 5(3). 171–192. 10 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, Michael Asch, Susan M. Ford, et al.. (1980). Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field: Some Comments on Evolution and Culture [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 21(4). 423–443. 13 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul. (1980). On Distinguishing Functional Ecology and Evolution in Cultural Theory. 2(2). 1–22. 2 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, et al.. (1980). Ecology and Evolution in Cultural Anthropology. Man. 15(1). 1–1. 19 indexed citations
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Simoons, Frederick J., A. K. Chakravarti, Paul Diener, et al.. (1979). Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(3). 467–493. 24 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, et al.. (1979). On Explanations of the Islamic Pig Prohibition. Current Anthropology. 20(1). 171–174. 1 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, E. N. Anderson, Harold B. Barclay, et al.. (1978). Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins: The Question of Islamic Pig Prohibition [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 19(3). 493–540. 40 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul, et al.. (1978). The dialectics of the sacred cow: Ecological adaptation versus political appropriation in the origins of India's cattle complex. Dialectical Anthropology. 3(3). 221–241. 23 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul. (1978). The Tears of St. Anthony: Ritual and Revolution in Eastern Guatemala. Latin American Perspectives. 5(3). 92–116. 11 indexed citations
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Diener, Paul. (1974). ecology or evolution? the Hutterite case. American Ethnologist. 1(4). 601–618. 14 indexed citations

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