Economic Classification and the Formation of Modern Concepts of Religion: The Example of Burial Practice in China between “Waste” and “Economic Reason”

Responsible for the doctoral project: Dr. des. Philipp Hetmanczyk (doctoral thesis 2016)
Funded by: URPP Asia and Europe
Project duration: September 2010 – August 2013
Doctoral committee: Prof. Dr. Dorothea Lüddeckens, Institute of Religious Studies/URPP Asia and Europe; Prof. Dr. Christoph Uehlinger, Institute of Religious Studies/URPP Asia and Europe; Prof. Dr. Hubert Seiwert, Institute of Religious Studies, University of Leipzig; Prof. Dr. Philip Clart, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Leipzig/Sinology
Research Field: Concepts and Taxonomies