Scholars And Prophets: Sociology Of India From France In The 19Th-20Th Centuries

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Part I Genesis of a Learned Milieu -- 1. The conquest of scholarly legitimacy -- 2. Orientalism and prophetic discourse -- 3. The struggle for institutional autonomy -- Part II Scholars and Prophets -- 4. The field of production of discourses on India -- 5. Scholarly practice -- 6. Prophetic Logic -- 7. Study of Hinduism as a disciplinary issue -- Part III Social Science and Indigenous Science -- 8. Louis Dumont and the Brahmanical science -- 9. Louis Dumont and the cunning of reason -- 10. The avatars of scholarship on India -- Conclusion: Sociology put to the test of India -- Postscript: Notes on the construction of a research subject -- Postface to the English-Language Edition -- Appendix. Multi Correspondence Analysis -- List of documents, tables and diagrams -- Sources and Bibliography -- General Index -- Names Index

• | Author: Roland Lardinois
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 574 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138103101
• | ISBN-13: 9781138103108