Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929–), a Sri Lankan anthropologist, is mostly known for his performative theory of rituals; studies of the interrelations among Buddhism, politics, and society in Thailand and Sri Lanka; and explorations of ethnic violence in South Asia.

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