Topic · Indian History and Philosophy
Most cited papers in Indian History and Philosophy
What are the most cited papers in Indian History and Philosophy?
The most cited paper in Indian History and Philosophy is "Cultural Violence" (Johan Galtung, 1990), with 1,961 citations. Next come "Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny" (1,334) and "Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the 'Mystic East'" (853).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 94 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cultural Violence Johan Galtung · Journal of Peace Research | Aug 1990 | 1,961 |
| 2 | Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny G. John Ikenberry, Amartya Kumar Sen · Foreign Affairs | 2006 | 1,334 |
| 3 | Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the 'Mystic East' Philip Goodchild · Religion | Jul 2000 | 853 |
| 4 | Servant-leadership in organizations: Inspirational and moral Jill W. Graham · The Leadership Quarterly | Jun 1991 | 706 |
| 5 | War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage R. Brian Ferguson · American Anthropologist | Jun 1997 | 592 |
| 6 | Siting Translation: History, Post-Structuralism, and the Colonial Context Tejaswini Niranjana · Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University) | 1992 | 545 |
| 7 | The Discourse of Global Compassion: The Audience and Media Reporting of Human Suffering Birgitta Höijer · Media Culture & Society | 26 Jun 2004 | 434 |
| 8 | The Idea of India Devendra Nath Panigrahi | 14 Apr 2016 | 412 |
| 9 | Resource Mobilization and Citizen Protest in Communities around Three Mile Island Edward Joseph Walsh · Social Problems | Oct 1981 | 400 |
| 10 | Orientalist Constructions of India RONALD B. INDEN · Modern Asian Studies | Jul 1986 | 395 |
| 11 | Aristotle on human nature and the foundations of ethics Martha C. Nussbaum · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 6 Apr 1995 | 363 |
| 12 | The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India B. D. Graham · Pacific Affairs | Dec 1968 | 346 |
| 13 | We the People: Foundations, by Bruce Ackerman Jack P. Greene · Political Science Quarterly | 1992 | 340 |
| 14 | India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality Maya Chadda · Political Science Quarterly | 2000 | 336 |
| 15 | Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India Paramjit S. Judge, Gyanendra Krishna Pandey · Social Scientist | 2004 | 327 |
| 16 | Recovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism and Empire C. A. Bayly | 10 Nov 2011 | 319 |
| 17 | The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition W. H. McLeod · Pacific Affairs | Dec 1994 | 292 |
| 18 | Imagined Religious Communities? Ancient History and the Modern Search for a Hindu Identity Romila Thapar · Modern Asian Studies | May 1989 | 285 |
| 19 | Another Realism: The Politics of Gandhian Nonviolence Каруна Мантена · American Political Science Review | May 2012 | 281 |
| 20 | Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership G. John Ikenberry, Rogers M. Smith · Foreign Affairs | 2003 | 279 |
| 21 | “Holy terror”: The implications of terrorism motivated by a religious imperative Bruce Hoffman · Studies in Conflict and Terrorism | 1995 | 273 |
| 22 | The sacred groves of Western Ghats in India Madhav Gadgil, V. D. Vartak · Economic Botany | Apr 1976 | 269 |
| 23 | The end of history and the last man Michael Dunne · International Affairs | Apr 1993 | 260 |
| 24 | Democracy and economic transformation in India Niraja Gopal Jayal | 9 Mar 2011 | 260 |
| 25 | The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India Peter van der Veer · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Jul 2004 | 257 |
| 26 | ‘Pedagogies of resistance’ and critical peace education praxis Monisha Bajaj · Journal of Peace Education | 2 Jan 2015 | 236 |
| 27 | Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building Reginald Horsman, Richard Drinnon · Journal of American History | Mar 1981 | 234 |
| 28 | Peace Education in Societies Involved in Intractable Conflicts: Direct and Indirect Models Daniel Bar‐Tal, Yigal Rosen · Review of Educational Research | 25 Feb 2009 | 219 |
| 29 | Just and unjust wars. Michael Walzer. basic books, New York, 1977. Noam Chomsky · Australian Outlook | Dec 1978 | 206 |
| 30 | The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics 1925 to the 1990s Rekha Saxena · Indian Historical Review | Jul 1999 | 206 |
| 31 | Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colonial India Cynthia Talbot · Comparative Studies in Society and History | Oct 1995 | 201 |
| 32 | “Can the Subaltern Be Heard?”: Political Theory, Translation, Representation, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak J. Maggio · Alternatives Global Local Political | Oct 2007 | 194 |
| 33 | Is ‘the posthuman’ educable? On the convergence of educational philosophy, animal studies, and posthumanist theory Helena Pedersen · Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education | 27 Apr 2010 | 186 |
| 34 | The Moral Complexion of Consumption Albert Borgmann · Journal of Consumer Research | Mar 2000 | 186 |
| 35 | The Identification and Appraisal of Diverse Systems of Public Order Myres Smith McDougal, Harold D. Lasswell · American Journal of International Law | 1959 | 184 |
| 36 | Essentialism, Culture, and Power: Representations of Social Class Ramaswami Mahalingam · Journal of Social Issues | 18 Nov 2003 | 184 |
| 37 | Gandhi's Politics: Liberalism and the Question of the Ashram Ajay Skaria · South Atlantic Quarterly | Oct 2002 | 181 |
| 38 | The practice and study of civil resistance Kurt Schock · Journal of Peace Research | May 2013 | 181 |
| 39 | Homo Hierarchicus: An Essay on the Caste System Michael M. Ames · Pacific Affairs | Sep 1972 | 175 |
| 40 | Ecological Conflicts and the Environmental Movement in India Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha · Development and Change | 1994 | 174 |
| 41 | The Pre-history of ‘;Communalism’? Religious Conflict in India, 1700–1860 C. A. Bayly · Modern Asian Studies | Apr 1985 | 169 |
| 42 | Bi-racial U.S.A. vs. Multi-racial Brazil: Is the Contrast Still Valid? Thomas E. Skidmore · Journal of Latin American Studies | May 1993 | 169 |
| 43 | THE EAST ASIA WINTER MONSOON Johnny C. L. Chan, Chongyin Li · World Scientific series on Asia-Pacific weather and climate | Nov 2004 | 168 |
| 44 | Can a Muslim Be an Indian? Gyanendra Krishna Pandey · Comparative Studies in Society and History | Oct 1999 | 166 |
| 45 | Making India Hindu: Religion, Community and the Politics of Democracy in India Bidyut Chakrabarty · Indian Historical Review | Jul 2006 | 165 |
| 46 | Problems for a Contemporary Theory of Gender Susie Tharu, Tejaswini Niranjana · Social Scientist | Mar 1994 | 163 |
| 47 | Power, Borders, Security, Wealth: Lessons of Violence and Desire from September 11 Anna M. Agathangelou, L.H.M. Ling · International Studies Quarterly | 29 Jul 2004 | 162 |
| 48 | Is There Such a Thing as Chinese Philosophy? Arguments of an Implicit Debate Carine Defoort · Philosophy East and West | Jul 2001 | 159 |
| 49 | The once and future liberal: After identity politics Rakesh M. Krishnan · Contemporary Political Theory | 27 Jun 2018 | 158 |
| 50 | The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu Meera Nanda | 2009 | 157 |
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