Louis Dumont 1911-1998: A memoir

This essay briefly discusses the major contributions of Louis Dumont to the sociology of India and to the study of the ideology of individualism in the West. Changing from the formal to the personal mode of presentation, the author recalls his association with Dumont over a period of thirty-five yea...

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