@book{fdi:010067573,
  title = {{O}rientalism and anthropology : from {M}ax {M}üller to {L}ouis {D}umont},
  author = {{A}ssayag, {J}. and {L}ardinois, {R}. and {V}idal, {D}enis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he purpose of the three texts included in this volume is to cast light on the extent to which {O}rientalism is founded on anthropology, and conversely-each author doing so in his own manner. {M}ax {M}üller and {L}ouis {D}umont were, of course, only the standard-bearers of a disciplinary tendency to capture an essential, not to say, fundamental, {I}ndia. {T}he relevance of the studies in this volume is fourfold. {F}irst, it is shown that the works of {F}rench-speaking researchers in {I}ndia have not been devoted exclusively to research done "in the field". {S}econd, it enables one to recall that there is indeed a critical tradition of the dominating {D}umontian model in {F}rance. {T}hird, it calls to mind a few unnoticed, forgotten or overshadowed intellectual references which, nevertheless, were determinant in the {F}rench construction of {I}ndia. {F}inally, these texts affirm how heuristic it is to cross the boundaries between disciplines or faculties, literary genres or inspired tropisms, rather than preserve them on the basis of a single paradigm. {I}t is hoped that the perspective offered by these three texts will help to elucidate the limits between {I}ndology and the social sciences, and will serve to illustrate the strength of what the {F}rench philosopher, {C}orn{\'e}lius {C}astoriadis, has called "the imaginary institution of society". {T}his volume is reprinted as it has been edited in 1997.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {FRANCE}},
  address = {{P}ondich{\'e}ry},
  publisher = {{IFP}},
  series = {{P}ondy {P}apers in {S}ocial {S}ciences},
  pages = {95},
  year = {2001},
  ISSN = {0972-3188},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067573},
}