by polity.lk | Feb 10, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
‘Guru-Ship’: An Epistemological Turn in My Anthropological Education Sanmugeswaran Pathmanesan This paper narrates the epistemological shift that took place in my anthropology learning journey, mapping how the guru-ship system functioned as both an educational and...
Gananath: Renaissance Man
R. L. Stirrat
by polity.lk | Feb 2, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Gananath: Renaissance Man R. L. Stirrat I met Gananath in July 1969 on the day I first arrived in Sri Lanka, Edmund Leach and Stanley Tambiah having imposed their naive research student on the Obeyesekeres. Throughout my first period of field research, between 1969...
The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Harini Amarasuriya
by polity.lk | Aug 16, 2017 | Gananath Obeyesekere
The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha Harini Amarasuriya Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 78-80 (Download PDF) Harini Amarasuriya in her observations on Gananath Obeyesekere’s latest work The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha,...
R.A.L.H. Gunawardana – An Appreciation of His Life and Scholarly Contributions
Gananath Obeyesekere
by polity.lk | Feb 18, 2010 | Gananath Obeyesekere
R.A.L.H. Gunawardana – An Appreciation of His Life and Scholarly Contributions Gananath Obeyesekere...
Imagining Karma
Premakumara de Silva
by polity.lk | Feb 18, 2007 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Imagining Karma Premakumara de Silva...
Remembering Alex Gunasekera
Gananath Obeyesekere
by polity.lk | Feb 18, 2002 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Remembering Alex Gunasekera Gananath Obeyesekere...