| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Ghent_University 
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                                | gptkbp:birthYear | 1952 
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                                | gptkbp:citizenship | gptkb:Belgium gptkb:India
 
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                                | gptkbp:education | PhD in philosophy 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Ghent_University 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:philosophy religious studies
 comparative science of cultures
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasResearchGroup | gptkb:Comparative_Science_of_Cultures 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | students in comparative cultural studies 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Karl_Marx gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein
 gptkb:Max_Weber
 gptkb:Michel_Foucault
 gptkb:Wilhelm_Dilthey
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | critique of Western representations of India research on religion and culture
 theory of religion as a cultural construct
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | Dutch English
 Kannada
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Indian 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Secularism_and_Its_Critics gptkb:The_Heathen_in_His_Blindness
 Do All Roads Lead to Jerusalem?
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:philosopher gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:position | professor emeritus 
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                                | gptkbp:researchInterest | gptkb:atheism gptkb:colonialism
 gptkb:philosophy
 gptkb:religion
 gptkb:philosophy_of_science
 philosophy of culture
 Indian traditions
 history of ideas
 methodology of the social sciences
 intercultural communication
 cultural difference
 comparative philosophy
 Western representations of India
 science of culture
 
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                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.cultuurwetenschap.be/ 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Savitribai_Phule_Pune_University gptkb:Lucknow_University
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | S. N. Balagangadhara 
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