ABSTRACT
The book deals with the long and rich scholarship on India in France since the beginning of 19th Century, with particular reference to the work of Louis Dumont. It considers the works of scholars and the essayists, poets, or esotericists who published on India and shows that Dumont has been influenced by both groups. The book draws on archives and empirical material.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|120 pages
Genesis of a learned milieu
part II|180 pages
Scholars and prophets
part III|105 pages
Social Science and indigenous science