Stephan Feuchtwang (born 1937) is emeritus professor of anthropology at the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
(LSE). His main area of research is China.
He was born in Berlin in 1937, the son of Wilhelm Feuchtwang and
Eva Neurath.
His grandfather,
David Feuchtwang David Feuchtwang (27 November 1864 – 6 July 1936) was a Jewish scholar and author, and chief rabbi of Vienna from 1933 until his death in 1936.
David Feuchtwang was born in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov, Czech Republic) on 27 November 1864, th ...
, was the chief rabbi of Vienna.
Feuchtwang is the author of books on Chinese popular religion,
feng shui, and (with Wang Mingming) a book on local leadership: ''Grassroots Charisma in southern Fujian and northern Taiwan''.
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Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 12 March 2009 (video)
1937 births
British anthropologists
German emigrants to England
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
People from Berlin
Living people
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