Marcel Granet
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Marcel Granet (1884 - 1940) was a French sociologist, ethnologist and sinologist. As a follower of Emile Durkheim and Édouard Chavannes, Granet was one of the first to bring sociological methods to the study of China.
Granet entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1904, receiving his agrégation in history in 1907. Interested in feudalism and at the advice of Chavannes, he left for China for 2 years to study Chinese feudalism. Upon his return, he succeeded Chavannes as Director of Studies of Religions of the Extreme Orient at l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. He was also chair of Chinese civilization at the Sorbonne, professor at L'École des Langues Orientales, and co-founder and Governor of L’Institut des Hautes études Chinoises de Paris.
He began to become known in 1912 with his work Coutumes Matrimoniales de la Chine Antique. Besides numerous sociological essays on China, he published four books which have, since their appearance in the 20s and 30s, dominated all francophone Chinese studies: Fêtes et chansons anciennes de la Chine, Danses et légendes de la Chine ancienne, La civilisation chinoise, and La pensée chinoise.
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Essays
- “Coutumes matrimoniales de la Chine antique”, 1912
- "La polygynie sororale et le sororat dans la Chine féodale”, 1920
- “Quelques particularités de la langue et de la pensée chinoises”, 1920
- “La vie et la mort. Croyances et doctrines de l’antiquité chinoise”
- "Le dépôt de l’enfant sur le sol, Rites anciens et ordalies mythiques”, 1922
- “Le langage de la douleur, d’après le rituel funéraire de la Chine classique”, 1922
- "Remarques sur le Taoïsme ancien”, 1925
- “L’esprit de la religion chinoise”, 1929
- “La droite et la gauche en Chine”, 1933
Major Works
- Fêtes et chansons anciennes de la Chine, 1919 ("To the memory of Emile Durkheim and Edouard Chavannes.")
- La religion des Chinois, 1922
- Danses et légendes de la Chine ancienne, 1926 (dedicated to Marcel Mauss)
- La civilisation chinoise, 1929
- La pensée chinoise, 1934
- La féodalité chinoise, 1952
