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Les sociétés traditionnelles connaissent-elles l’amour ? Le débat demeure toujours ouvert entre la position de certains courants en sciences humaines (sociologie, anthropologie…) pour qui seul l’Occident connaîtrait l’amour, et celle défendue par les littéraires et les psychologues, qui soutiennent le contraire. Entre ces deux tendances, cet ouvrage rend compte des multiples compromis opérés par différentes sociétés d’Asie (Chine, Corée, Japon, Népal, Inde) et de l’Océan Indien (Madagascar) pour naviguer entre des expressions individuelles de l’amour, s’inspirant des pratiques occidentales, et les normes sociales qui les contrôlent fortement. Les enquêtes ethnographiques menées sur les pratiques en vigueur de nos jours montrent comment ces compromis s’expriment toujours dans des « institutions de l’amour » menant la plupart du temps au mariage. Ces institutions se manifestent dans trois domaines : le choix du conjoint, l'expression des sentiments amoureux et les rites de mariage. Si les individus de ces sociétés font maintenant de « l’amour romantique » une de leurs valeurs, il n’en reste pas moins qu'ils doivent l'accorder aux traditions familiales. Dans cette composition, le sentiment amoureux, loin d’être une élaboration individuelle, est socialement construit et participe de l’ordre social. Do traditional societies know love? The debate is still open between certain currents in the social sciences (sociology, anthropology) which hold that only the West knows what love is, and the position defended by literature and psychology that takes an opposite viewpoint. Between these two tendencies, this work presents the multiple compromises adopted by several Asian (China, Korea, Japan, Nepal and India) and Indian Ocean (Madagascar) societies to navigate through individual expressions of love inspired by occidental practice, and the social norms that exert such profound control over them. Ethnographic research into todays’ practices show how these compromises emerge…

Anthropology --- amour --- mariage --- institutions

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Asia and the Pacific, an immense region, both new and old, in which two thirds of the world lives. A region of superlatives, exceptions, China, continually facing disasters and risks from its past, India, a continent of its own, Japan, archipelago of the future. It is a region that is attracting global growth and becoming the centre of the world. Who could have predicted that the GDP of Asia and the Pacific would be equal to that of the European Union? And what will tomorrow bring? This compilation gives an overview of Asia's world, bringing together texts written by researchers and specialists and that have been published on Asia and the Pacific Network's website (CNRS) between 2011 and 2013. It follows the first volume published in 2011 covering the period 2002-2011. These works covering the humanities and social science recount the past, tell us of the future and illustrate the complexity of Asia and the Pacific through its flaws, strengths and challenges. They reveal the profound roots and depth of the dynamism of these new powers that could soon take over the future of humanity. Numerous researchers and academics specialising in contemporary Asia and the Pacific are bringing into light many aspects of this great and inevitable shift in the world.

Asian Studies --- Political Science --- politique --- économie --- Pacifique --- economics --- Pacific --- politics