Koenraad Elst

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Born in 1959, Dr. Koenraad Elst obtained MA degrees in Sinology, Oriental Philology
Address: Mortsel, Belgium

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Tilburg University

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Université libre de Bruxelles

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KU Leuven

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Brooklyn College of CUNY

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Universiteit Leiden

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Bewogen debat over meningvrijheid

Brussels Journal

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Hindus and Neo-Paganism

“There was a time when the old Pagan Gods were pretty fulfilling and they inspired the best of me... more “There was a time when the old Pagan Gods were pretty fulfilling and they inspired the best of men and women to acts of greatness, love, nobility, sacrifice and heroism. It is, therefore, a good thing to turn to them in thought and pay them our homage. We know pilgrimage, as ordinarily understood, as wayfaring to visit a shrine or a holy place. But there can also be a pilgrimage in time and we can journey back and make our offerings of the heart to those Names and Forms and Forces which once incarnated and expressed man’s higher life. (...) The peoples of Egypt, Persia, Greece, Germany and the Scandinavian countries are no less ancient than the peoples of India; but they lost their Gods, and therefore they lost their sense of historical continuity and identity. (...) What is true of Europe is also true of Africa and South America. The countries of these continents have recently gained political freedom of a sort, but (...) if they wish to rise in a deeper sense, they must recover their soul, their Gods (...) If they do enough selfchurning, then their own Gods will put forth new meanings in response to their new needs. (...) If there is sufficient aspiration, invoking and soliciting, there is no doubt that even Gods apparently lost could come back again. They are there all the time.” (p.131133)

De kracht van religie in de openbare sfeer

Manual formulation of poultry diet by taking into account the fulfillment of all nutrients requir... more Manual formulation of poultry diet by taking into account the fulfillment of all nutrients requirement with least cost is a difficult task. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) shows promising technique to solve this problem. However, there is a lack of studying a good parameter for PSO to solve feed formulation problem since PSO is sensitive to control parameter which depends on the problem. Therefore, this study investigates good swarm size, total iterations, acceleration coefficients, and inertia weight to produce a better formula. PSO with proposed good parameters is compared with other parameters. The obtained result shows that PSO with good parameters choice produces the highest fitness. Furthermore, good parameters of PSO can be used as a reference for a software developer and for further research to optimize poultry diet using PSO.

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Ayodhya the Finale - Science versus secularism in the excavations debate

The Demographic Siege

Why the Common Roots of Homer and Vyāsa?

Great Indian Epics

Book Review: Will Sweetman and Aditya Malik (eds.), Hinduism in India: Modern and Contemporary Movements

Indian Historical Review

the authors argue (p. 63), the renaissance did not begin in the late nineteenth century nor conti... more the authors argue (p. 63), the renaissance did not begin in the late nineteenth century nor continue for the rest of the colonial era. Indian historical scholarship is today agreed on the fact that by the 1880s, with the increasing intensification of colonialist subjugation, there was, in fact, a blighting of hopes and a souring of dreams, at least as far as the colonised were concerned. In truth, this is precisely the period when Indian thought was marred by an emerging xenophobia and reactionary currents of thought. It has also been well established that ‘renaissance’ analogies used by contemporary Indian intellectuals to describe their own experiences actually betrays a false consciousness; it is indeed puzzling that thinkers like Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar and Mahadev Govind Ranade should speak of a European style ‘Reformation’ in India and of ‘Hindu Protestantism’ even when the historical contexts in India and Europe were palpably different. Our authors justly disapprove the academic preoccupation with the so called ‘Bengal Renaissance’ and yet, barring some discussion on the Arya leader, Lala Lajpat Rai of the Punjab, the book seldom engages with other comparable figures or cultural sites in colonial India. Nineteenth-century Maharashtra is a significant exception. For the Arya Samaj itself, I felt the authors would have done well to include thinkers like Lala Har Dayal and Har Bilas Sarda. In examining currents of early philosophical thought, perhaps some space ought to have been given to deism and positivism. This is a book that will be immensely useful for interested students and scholars, and a more affordable South Asian edition will be out soon.

Masani, Zareer: Macaulay. Pioneer of India's Modernization. 2012

Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 2016

alle erhaltenen Bilder der Baldaeus-Sippe (siehe oben), europäische und, soweit bekannt, indische... more alle erhaltenen Bilder der Baldaeus-Sippe (siehe oben), europäische und, soweit bekannt, indische Bilder abgebildet. Als Anhänge bietet Carolien Stolte die bisher ungedruckten Texte, die die Handschrift L zusätzlich zu B und D enthält, sowie ein „Bijvoegsel door den Braman Kieka“, das bei D, aber nicht bei B kopiert vorliegt, alle mit englischer Übersetzung. Die Literaturliste des vorliegenden Buches ist genau und umfangreich, aber nicht vollständig. Sie könnte durch die Listen bei Kratzsch 2007 und Schrauwers 2012 ergänzt werden. Das vorliegende Buch bietet eine musterhafte Textausgabe der für die Geschichte der europäischen Kenntnis von Indiens Religion und Literatur wichtigen niederländischen Handschrift „Batavia 1658“ mit guter und zutreffender englischer Übersetzung. Die Einführung gibt eine gute Darstellung des heutigen Standes der Forschung zu diesem Text und trägt selbst wesentlich zu dieser Forschung bei. Nur in ikonographischer Hinsicht ist eine Ergänzung wünschenswert.

Manu as a Weapon against Egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu Political Philosophy

Nietzsche, Power and Politics, 2008

... a hundred times. They pray to the gods: 'May you not lead us far from the ancestral path... more

Gandhi and Godse : why the Mahatma was murdered

The Politics of Extremism in South Asia

The Gatherings of the Elders: The Beginnings of a Pagan International

Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 2013

Since 2003, the International Council for Cultural Studies has organized a five-day “Internationa... more Since 2003, the International Council for Cultural Studies has organized a five-day “International Conference and Gathering of Elders of Ancient Traditions and Cultures” every third year. Participants include spokesmen of the Maori, Yoruba, Maya, Lakota, etc. religions, as well as neo-Druids, Romuva Lithuanians, etc. Each of the conferences took place in India, with the main organizational input and sponsoring provided by the ICCS’s American chapter. The sources of inspiration for what started as a Hindu outreach to the world’s other remaining or reviving Pagans are several, but can be traced to Hindu philosopher Ram Swarup (1920- 1998). His critiques of Christianity and Islam and particularly his defence of polytheism conclude with an appeal to global Pagan solidarity and networking. The triannual Gathering of Elders has become the Pagan International that he hoped for: genuinely global, rooted in genuine religions and with a positive message.

Gandhi and Godse: a review and a critique

The saffron swastika: the notion of" Hindu fascism

The Ayodhya Debate: Focus on the 'No Temple'Evidence

koenraadelst.bharatvani.org

... existence of a medieval Hindu temple and its destruction by Islamic iconoclasm, as laid down ... more

Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism

The Rushdie Rules

Middle East Quarterly, 1998

... In Turkey, Islamist militants killed journalist Çetin Emec (1990), Turan Dursun (1990), exile... more

Gujarat After Godhra: Real Violence, Selective Outrage

Ayodhya

Hinduism and Tribal Religions

Negationism in India: concealing the record of Islam

... Negationism in India: Concealing the record of Islam. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: E... more

Bewogen debat over meningvrijheid

Brussels Journal

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Hindus and Neo-Paganism

De kracht van religie in de openbare sfeer

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Ayodhya the Finale - Science versus secularism in the excavations debate

The Demographic Siege

Why the Common Roots of Homer and Vyāsa?

Great Indian Epics

Book Review: Will Sweetman and Aditya Malik (eds.), Hinduism in India: Modern and Contemporary Movements

Indian Historical Review

Masani, Zareer: Macaulay. Pioneer of India's Modernization. 2012

Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 2016

Manu as a Weapon against Egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu Political Philosophy

Nietzsche, Power and Politics, 2008

... a hundred times. They pray to the gods: 'May you not lead us far from the ancestral path... more

Gandhi and Godse : why the Mahatma was murdered

The Politics of Extremism in South Asia

The Gatherings of the Elders: The Beginnings of a Pagan International

Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 2013

Gandhi and Godse: a review and a critique

The saffron swastika: the notion of" Hindu fascism

The Ayodhya Debate: Focus on the 'No Temple'Evidence

koenraadelst.bharatvani.org

... existence of a medieval Hindu temple and its destruction by Islamic iconoclasm, as laid down ... more

Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism

The Rushdie Rules

Middle East Quarterly, 1998

... In Turkey, Islamist militants killed journalist Çetin Emec (1990), Turan Dursun (1990), exile... more

Gujarat After Godhra: Real Violence, Selective Outrage

Ayodhya

Hinduism and Tribal Religions

Negationism in India: concealing the record of Islam

... Negationism in India: Concealing the record of Islam. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: E... more

De koning dood? Leve de koning!

TeKoS, 2019

In 2007 heb ik een levensreddende hartoverplanting ondergaan, die uitgevoerd werd door een chirur... more In 2007 heb ik een levensreddende hartoverplanting ondergaan, die uitgevoerd werd door een chirurge en waarbij het hele proces in handen was van een cardiologe, allebei hoogbekwaam en allebei vrouw. Verre van mij om het talent van vrouwen te geringschatten. Maar ontzag voor vrouwen is niet hetzelfde als feminisme.) Cordelia Fine, auteuse van Testosteron Rex. De Genderdermythe, is een feministische psychologe. In dit boek betwist ze de biologische basis van het verschil tussen de geslachten, met name de onderscheidende invloed van het mannelijk hormoon testosteron.

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History of Jihad, a thriller

Pragyata, Delhi, 2019

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On Modi Time, 2015

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Cultural Policy and Folk Art (in: Law Animated World, Hyderabad, 16 July 2016)

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