BIOGRAPHY

Dr. J.I. (Hans) Bakker is an Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Toward A Just Civilization (1993) and has edited The World Food Crisis (1990), Gandhi and the Gita (1993) and Sustainability and International Rural Development (1995), as well as 30 articles in refereed journals and books. His current research interests include: the impact of Neo-Kantianism on Weber and Simmel, the effects of "patrimonial-prebendalism" on economic and political development, and the importance of civilizational World-views. He is a "Frisian-Dutch American-Canadian" who has carried out research in India and Indonesia as well as the Netherlands and North America. He is also a father and a Kripalu certified yoga instructor who attends Unitarian-Universalist services and has received Tibetan Buddhist initiations. He does yoga and meditation regularly. 


Areas of Interest

Comparative and historical sociological theory, Gandhian social philosophy,
sociology of religions and world views, rural sociology, Indic civilization, Southeast Asia 

An update CV can be viewed here

Albert Bakker's Pemangkat People of Borneo, 1937-1939
**please note that Wietske Weigel, was born on November 14, 1937, not 1938 as mentioned on page 7**

 

Grandparents Wedding Photo

Grandfather

Grandmother

Parents Wedding Photo

Father

Hans with his Parents