Autor/-in: Gareth Breen

Gareth Breen is an Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. He completed his PhD in Social Anthropology at the London the School of Economics (LSE) before teaching Medical Anthropology at University College London and then returning to LSE as a Fellow in the Anthropology of China. He has written for the following academic journals and outlets: Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, Social Analysis, Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, Gender, Place, and Culture, Cha: a Literary Journal, Transcultural Psychiatry, Europe-Asia Studies, and Allegra Lab. His current work focuses upon 'Spiritual Nationalism' among Zen Buddhists in Northeast China and the role of essence and essentialism in Chinese religions more widely. He is a trainee and practitioner of Transactional Analysis, a form of relational psychotherapy.