V. Gordon Childe

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The Alladi Memorial Trust

Jacques Bidet

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Madiha R. Tahir

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Kenneth Neill Cameron

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Staughton Lynd

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Shujaat Bukhari

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Jairus Banaji

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Murray E.G. Smith

Murray E.G. Smith is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Brock University, Ontario, Canada.

Samar Bosu Mullick

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Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Govind Pansare

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