Bernard Sergent
Bernard Sergent ( / sɛʁʒɑ̃ / ; * February 23, 1946 ) is a French historian and religious scholar who specializes in comparative mythology .
Bernard Sergent attended the Lycée Jacques Detour in Paris and studied Classical Philology and Ancient History. He received his doctorate in 1975 from the University of Paris X-Nanterre with the dissertation "Recherches sur la royauté mycénienne". He works as a researcher at the CNRS in Paris and since 1992 has been president of the Société de mythologie française, founded by Henri Dontenville in 1950 .
He is an advocate of Georges Dumézil's trifunctional ideology. His research topics include studies of the history of homosexuality in Europe and comparative Greek, Celtic and Indian mythology. He also tries to connect archaeological cultures with the early Indo-Europeans and defends the traditional view that the Indo-Aryans immigrated to India.
For his work L'homosexualité dans la mythologie grecque he received the Prix Broquette-Gonin of the Académie française in 1984 .
Publications (selection)
- L'homosexualité dans la mythologie grecque . Payot, Paris 1984 summary (French)
- L'homosexualité initiatique dans l'Europe ancienne . Payot, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-228-89052-9 Abstract (French)
- Les Indo-Européens . Payot, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-228-88956-3
- Homosexualité et initiation chez les peuples indo-européens . Payot & Rivages, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-228-89052-9
- Genèse de l'Inde . Payot, Paris 1997, ISBN 978-2-228-89116-5
- Les trois fonctions indo-européennes en Grèce ancienne , vol. 1: De Mycènes aux Tragiques . Économica, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-7178-3587-3
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Celtes et Grecs .
- Vol. 1 Le livre des héros . Payot, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-228-89257-2
- Vol. 2: Le livre des dieux . Payot, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-228-89926-7
- La guerre à la culture. Aspects of attaques against l'intelligence dans la période jospino-raffininesque . L'Harmattan, Paris 2005, ISBN 978-2-7475-7823-3
- L'origine celtique des Lais de Marie de France Droz . Geneva 2014, ISBN 978-2-600-01793-0
- Le dieu fou. Essai sur les origines de Siva et de Dionysus . Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2015 ISBN 978-2-251-38571-6
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sergent, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French historian and religious scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1946 |