Koenraad Elst
Koenraad Elst (born August 7, 1959 in Leuven ) is a Belgian author, sinologist and Indologist .
Live and act
He studied Philosophy , Sinology and Indo-Iranian Studies in Leuven. After a stay at Banaras Hindu University , he published his first book on the Ayodhya conflict. In 1998 he received his doctorate in Leuven . He became a well-known writer on Indian politics and history in the 1990s. A large part of academic research on India classifies his views as partly problematic or simply rejected them.
Among other things, Elst advocates the out-of-India hypothesis that the original home of the Indo-Europeans was on the Indian subcontinent and that the original Indo-European language developed there, two theses that represent an outsider's opinion in contemporary Indology and Indo-European studies.
In 2012, he complained that his Wikipedia article in English was not a fair representation of his views.
Works
- Ram Janmabhoomi vs. Babri Masjid. A Case Study in Hindu-Muslim Conflict , Voice of India, Delhi 1990 (Much of this book is contained in: Vinay Chandra Mishra, Parmanand Singh (Eds.): Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid, Historical Documents, Legal Opinions & Judgments , Bar Council of India Trust, Delhi 1991.)
- Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society , Voice of India, New Delhi 1991.
- Negationism in India: Concealing the Record of Islam , Voice of India, New Delhi 1992, ISBN 81-85990-01-8 .
- Indigenous Indians: Agastya to Ambedkar , Voice of India, New Delhi 1993, ISBN 9788185990040 .
- Psychology of Prophetism - A Secular Look at the Bible ( Memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Voice of India, New Delhi 1993, ISBN 81-85990-00-X .
- Dr. Ambedkar - A True Aryan , Voice of India, New Delhi 1993, ISBN 9788185990132 .
- BJP vis-à-vis Hindu resurgence ( Memento from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Voice of India, New Delhi 1997, ISBN 81-85990-47-6 .
- The Demographic Siege ( Memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Voice of India, New Delhi 1997, ISBN 81-85990-50-6 .
- Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate , Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi 1999, ISBN 81-86471-77-4 .
- Decolonizing the Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism , Rupa & Co., Delhi 2001, ISBN 81-7167-519-0 .
- The Saffron Swastika - The Notion of "Hindu Fascism" , Voice of India, New Delhi 2010, ISBN 81-85990-69-7 .
- Gandhi and Godse - A review and a critique , Voice of India, New Delhi 2001, ISBN 81-85990-71-9 (French: Mit Bernard Frumer: Pourquoi j'ai tué Gandhi, examen critique de la défense de Nathuram Godse , Les Belles Lettres , Paris 2007).
- Who is a Hindu? Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism , Voice of India, New Delhi 2002, ISBN 81-85990-74-3 .
- Ayodhya: The Case Against the Temple , Voice of India, New Delhi 2002, ISBN 81-85990-75-1 .
- Ayodhya, The Finale - Science versus Secularism the Excavations Debate , Voice of India, New Delhi 2003, ISBN 81-85990-77-8 .
- Return of the Swastika: Hate and Hysteria Versus Hindu Sanity , Arktos Media Ltd, New Delhi 2007, ISBN 9788185990798 .
- Asterisk in Bhāropīyasthān. Minor Writings on the Aryan Invasion Debate , Voice of India, New Delhi 2007, ISBN 8185990808
- The Problem with Secularism , Voice of India, New Delhi 2007, ISBN 9385485024 .
- The Argumentative Hindu. Essays by an Unaffiliated Orientalist , Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi 2012, ISBN 8177421247 .
literature
- Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt: Hindutva between "decolonization" and nationalism. On Western participation in the development of new Hindu self-confidence in India In: Manfred Hutter (Hrsg.): Religious Studies in the Context of Asian Studies. 99 years of religious studies teaching and research in Bonn. Lit, Münster 2009, pp. 233–248.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Argumentative Hindu. Essays by an Unaffiliated Orientalist , Aditya Prakashan 2012
- ↑ Meera Nanda against Hinduism and its friends: Koenraad Elst's real identity , Blog Koenraad Elst , April 28, 2012
- ^ The Wikipedia lemma on "Koenraad Elst": a textbook example of defamation , Blog Koenraad Elst , May 20, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elst, Koenraad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian author, sinologist and indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th August 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leuven , Belgium |