Michel Hulin (31 January 1936 â 11 March 2026) was a French philosopher, who specialised in Indian philosophy.
Life and career
Hulin was born on 31 January 1936. An alumnus of the ÃÂcole normale supérieure, he obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the Paris-Sorbonne University in 1977 with a dissertation on the Vedic concept of ahamkara.
He was a professor of Indian and comparative philosophy at Paris-Sorbonne from 1981 to 1998. His research focused on classical Indian philosophy, such as the nondualism in Vedanta, Tantric-inspired texts in Shaivism and the confrontations between European and Asian traditions of thought.
Hulin died on 11 March 2026, at the age of 90.
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)? : Ã
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kara, 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. ë Points Sagesses û, 2010, .
- Shankara et la non-dualité, Paris, Almora, 2017, .
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