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'''Dr. Koenraad Elst''' was born in [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]], on [[7 August]] [[1959]], into a [[Flemings|Flemish]] [[Catholic]] family. He graduated in [[Philosophy]], [[China|Chinese Studies]] and [[Indo-Iranian]] Studies at the [[Catholic University of Leuven]]. His research earned him his Ph.D. in [[Leuven]] in 1998.
'''Dr. Koenraad Elst''' was born in [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]], on [[7 August]] [[1959]], into a [[Flemings|Flemish]] [[Catholic]] family. He graduated in [[Philosophy]], [[China|Chinese Studies]] and [[Indo-Iranian]] Studies at the [[Catholic University of Leuven]].


During a stay at the [[Benaras Hindu University]], he discovered India’s communal problem and wrote his first book about the budding [[Ayodhya]] conflict. While establishing himself as a columnist for a number of [[Belgian]] and [[India]]n papers, he frequently returned to India to study various aspects of its ethno-religio-political configuration and interview Hindu and other leaders and thinkers. His research on the ideological development of [[Hindu revivalism]] earned him his Ph.D. in Leuven in 1998. He has also published about [[multiculturalism]], [[language policy]] issues, ancient [[Chinese history]] and [[philosophy]], [[comparative religion]], and the [[Aryan invasion]] debate. Dr. Elst became a well-known author on Indian politics in the 1990s. He also met the Hindu writer Sita Ram Goel in India, and was influenced by his writings.
During a stay at the [[Benaras Hindu University]], he discovered India’s communal problem and wrote his first book about the budding [[Ayodhya]] conflict. While establishing himself as a columnist for a number of [[Belgian]] and [[India]]n papers, he frequently returned to India to study various aspects of its ethno-religio-political configuration and interview Hindu and other leaders and thinkers. His research on the ideological development of [[Hindu revivalism]] earned him his Ph.D. in Leuven in 1998. He has also published about [[multiculturalism]], [[language policy]] issues, ancient [[Chinese history]] and [[philosophy]], [[comparative religion]], and the [[Aryan invasion]] debate. Dr. Elst became a well-known author on Indian politics in the 1990s. He also met the Hindu writer Sita Ram Goel in India, and was influenced by his writings.

Revision as of 10:52, 22 July 2006

Dr. Koenraad Elst was born in Leuven, Belgium, on 7 August 1959, into a Flemish Catholic family. He graduated in Philosophy, Chinese Studies and Indo-Iranian Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven.

During a stay at the Benaras Hindu University, he discovered India’s communal problem and wrote his first book about the budding Ayodhya conflict. While establishing himself as a columnist for a number of Belgian and Indian papers, he frequently returned to India to study various aspects of its ethno-religio-political configuration and interview Hindu and other leaders and thinkers. His research on the ideological development of Hindu revivalism earned him his Ph.D. in Leuven in 1998. He has also published about multiculturalism, language policy issues, ancient Chinese history and philosophy, comparative religion, and the Aryan invasion debate. Dr. Elst became a well-known author on Indian politics in the 1990s. He also met the Hindu writer Sita Ram Goel in India, and was influenced by his writings.

He seems not to have changed his religion, for he said: "I am neither a Hindu nor a nationalist. And I don’t need to belong to those or to any specific ideological categories in order to use my eyes and ears. (...) As I said, I am phasing out my involvement with communalism studies. The subject is really very simple, the problem as well as the solution. It isn’t all that challenging and interesting, it only seemed that way because of the artificial obstacles thrown up by the secularists." [1] And he wrote: "However, I do readily admit to being a “fellow-traveller” of Dharmic civilization in its struggle for survival against the ongoing aggression and subversion by well-organized hostile ideologies." [2]

Koenraad Elst has also written several books on Aryan Invasion Debate, Ayodhya Temple Issue and Issues related to Islam, Christianity and Hinduism.

René Guénon has described the origin of some reformist movements in India in his book "Introduction Générale à l'Etude des Doctrines Hindoues" (english translation: "Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines", and notably in the chapter "Vedanta westernized"); he also established their heterodoxy w.r.t. orthodox Hinduism. The reader is referred to the "discussion" section of this Wikipedia article, in which a debate has been raised to decide if Elst's books and articles belong or not to the stream of reformist ideologies described in René Guénon's book on Hindu doctrines.

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allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3ADiff%2F65191133