Scott Atran
Scott Atran (born February 6, 1952) is an American-French cultural anthropologist who is Emeritus Director of Research in Anthropology at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, Research Professor at the University of Michigan, and cofounder of ARTIS International and of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Oxford University. He has studied and written about terrorism, violence, religion, indigenous environmental management and the cross-cultural foundations of biological classification; and he has done fieldwork with terrorists and Islamic fundamentalists, as well as political leaders and Native American peoples.
Scott Atran | |
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| Born | February 6, 1952 |
| Nationality | American, French |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, PhD) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, ethnography |
| Institutions | École pratique des hautes études Cambridge University Oxford University Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Michigan John Jay College of Criminal Justice Centre national de la recherche scientifique École normale supérieure |
| Doctoral advisor | Margaret Mead |
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