Exotopy

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Disccusion

Michel Bauwens, 2003:

Tzvetan Todorov introduced the concept of 'Exotopy', to describe a situation, seen from an 'outside'. He cites Tocqueville on America, and Louis Dumont's description of the Indian caste system (Homo Hierarchicus). He describes Louis Dumont as a key thinker reflecting on the interplay between equality and hierarchy: "il faut chaque fois reflechir a l'articulation des deux". (https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Biography_of_Tzvetan_Todorov)