Soi et l'Autre

Recent scholarship on Saivism has significantly expanded our knowledge of the religious dimensions of Medieval Saiva movements. However, the philosophical aspects displayed by some of the texts produced in these milieux remain largely unrecognized. The present study helps fill this lacuna by exploring the sophisticated and original philosophical system elaborated by the Kashmiri Saiva nondualists Utpaladeva (fl. c. 925-975) and Abhinavagupta (fl. c. 975-1025). The book shows that this system cannot be reduced to a mere scriptural exegesis and examines the genesis of the main concepts found in the Pratyabhijna ("e;Recognition"e;) philosophy while taking into account the complexity of the philosophical field (already occupied by various currents, Buddhist as well as Brahmanical) in which Utpaladeva's thought was developed. Si les recents travaux de recherche consacres au sivaisme ont permis de mieux comprendre les dimensions religieuses des mouvements sivaites medievaux, les aspects proprements philosophiques de certains des textes produits dans ces milieux demeurent largement meconnus. La presente etude se propose de contribuer a combler cette lacune en explorant le systeme philosophique complexe et original elabore par les sivaites non dualistes cachemiriens Utpaladeva (925-975) et Abhinavagupta (975-1025). Montrant que ce systeme ne se reduit pas a une exegese scripturaire, l'ouvrage examine la genese des concepts de la philosophie de la Pratyabhijna ou "e;Reconnaissance"e; en prenant en compte la complexite du champ philosophique (deja investi par divers courants aussi bien bouddhiques que brahmaniques) dans lequel la pensee d'Utpaladeva s'est developpee.