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

Indian philosophy Indian philosophy refers to philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. A traditional Hindu classification divides āstika and nāstika schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria: whether it believes the Veda ...

. An alumn of the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

, he obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the Paris-Sorbonne University 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 (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the ...

concept of ''

ahamkara Ahaṁkāra (Sanskrit: अहंकार), 'I-making' is a Sanskrit term in Saṃkhyā philosophy that refers to the identification of Self or Being with 'Nature' or any impermanent 'thing'. Reference in Bhagavad Gita Ahaṁkāra is one of t ...

''. 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, also called nonduality and nondual awareness, is a fuzzy concept originating in Indian philosophy and religion for which many definitions can be found, including: nondual awareness, the nonduality of seer and seen or nondiffer ...

Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; sa, वेदान्त, ), also ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas", Vedanta reflects ideas that emerged from, or were aligned with, t ...

, Tantric-inspired texts in

Shaivism Shaivism (; sa, शैवसम्प्रदायः, Śaivasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being. One of the largest Hindu denominations, it incorporates many sub-traditions rangi ...

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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