Michel Hulin (born 31 January 1936) is a French philosopher, specialised in

Indian philosophy Indian philosophy consists of philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. The philosophies are often called darśana meaning, "to see" or "looking at." Ānvīkṣikī means “critical inquiry” or “investigation." Unlike darśan ...

. An alumn of the

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, he obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; ) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...

in 1977 with a dissertation on the

Vedic upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas ( or ; ), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed ...

concept of ''

ahamkara Ahamkara (Sanskrit: अहंकार; Romanized: Ahaṁkāra), "I-making," is a Sanskrit term in Hindu philosophy referring to the construction of a Self-concept, or the false identification of the self ( Purusha, atman) with impermanent entit ...

''. He was a professor of Indian and comparative philosophy at Paris-Sorbonne from 1981 to 1998. His research has focused on classical

, such as the

nondualism Nondualism includes a number of philosophical and spiritual traditions that emphasize the absence of fundamental duality or separation in existence. This viewpoint questions the boundaries conventionally imposed between self and other, min ...

Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; , ), also known as ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six orthodox (Āstika and nāstika, ''āstika'') traditions of Hindu philosophy and textual exegesis. The word ''Vedanta'' means 'conclusion of the Vedas', and encompa ...

, Tantric-inspired texts in

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and the confrontations between European and Asian traditions of thought.

Selected bibliography

* ''Le Principe de l'ego dans la pensée indienne classique : La notion d' ahamkara'', Paris, 1978. * ''Hegel et l'Orient'', Paris, 1979. * ''La Face cachée du temps : l'imaginaire de l'au-delà'', Paris, Fayard, 1985, . * ''Sept récits initiatiques tirés du yoga-vasistha : l'imaginaire de l'au-delà'', Paris, Berg International, 1987, . * ''La mystique sauvage'', Paris, PUF, 1993, . * ''Qu'est-ce que l'ignorance métaphysique (dans la pensée hindoue)? : Śaṅkara'', Paris, Vrin, 1994, . * ''L'Inde inspiratrice : Réception de l'Inde en France et en Allemagne, XIXe-XXe siècles'', Paris, PUS, 1997, . * ''L'Inde des Sages'', Paris, Ed. du Félin, 2000, . * ''Comment la philosophie indienne s'est-elle développée ? : La querelle brahmanes-bouddhistes'', Paris, Editions du Panama, 2008, . * ''La Bhagavad-Gita, Paris,'' Points, coll. « Points Sagesses », 2010, . * ''Shankara et la non-dualité'', Paris, Almora, 2017, .

References

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