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Louis Dumont | |
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Born | 11 August 1911 Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
Died | 19 November 1998 Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Citizenship | France |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology |
Institutions | Oxford University, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales |
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Louis Charles Jean Dumont (11 August 1911 – 19 November 1998)[1] was a French anthropologist.
Dumont was born in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He taught at Oxford University during the 1950s, and was then director of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. A specialist on the cultures and societies of India, Dumont also studied western social philosophy and ideologies.
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