P. Nas

Peter J. M. Nas - author, emeritus professor of cultural anthropology at Leiden University (Netherlands); he used to work at the institutes of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, and Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania (Leiden University). He has published extensively in the fields of urban anthropology, development sociology and urban symbolism, among which are “Hypercity. Symbolic side of urbanism”, “Cities Full of Symbols: A Theory of Urban Space and Culture”, “Town-Talk: The Dynamics of Urban Anthropology” and “Urban Symbolism”.