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Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I) (2018)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2018). Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I). Max Weber studies, 18(2), 212-273

While ‘individuality’ is regarded as a cultural construct, this article argues that its trans-cultural investigation has hardly begun, both empirically and theoretically. Comparative work to date has been confined to euro-centric approaches. South As... Read More about Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I).

An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan (2018)
Journal Article
Flügel, P., & Ahmad, M. (2018). An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan. Jaina studies, 13, 26-32

The neglected field of the Jaina heritage in Pakistan was revived in 2015-17 through a pilot study conducted by the CoJS of SOAS in collaboration with a research team of the Nusrat Jahan College (NJC) in Rabwah, with additional help of local historia... Read More about An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan.

Photographs from the Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan (2018) (2018)
Digital Artefact
Flügel, P., Muzaffar, A., & Rana, A. M. (2018). Photographs from the Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan (2018). [Website]

In and after 1947, almost the entire, already diminished, Jain community migrated out of newly born Pakistan leaving much of its tangible religious and cultural heritage unprotected while the legacy in form of scriptures, temples, historical monument... Read More about Photographs from the Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan (2018).

Jaina-Prosopography I: Sociology of Jaina-Names (2018)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2018). Jaina-Prosopography I: Sociology of Jaina-Names. In N. Balbir, & P. Flügel (Eds.), Jaina Studies. Select Papers Presented in the 'Jaina Studies' Section at the 16th World Sanskrit Conference (187-267). Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and D.K. Publishers & Distributors

The sociology of Indian names is still in its infancy. The present article explores theoretical and pragmatic solutions for two elementary difficulties, faced by all prosopographies and text-encoding initiatives, namely, the creation of standardised... Read More about Jaina-Prosopography I: Sociology of Jaina-Names.