Νίκος Καζάνας

Ο Νίκος Καζάνας (γεννημένος το 1939) είναι Έλληνας Ινδολόγος, Καθηγητής Φιλοσοφίας, Οικονομικών και Σανσκριτικών. Γεννήθηκε το 1939 στη Χίο.

Βιογραφία
Σπούδασε στο University College, Οικονομικά και Φιλοσοφία στη Σχολή Οικονομικών Επιστημών και Σανσκριτικά στο School of Oriental and African Studies, στο Λονδίνο. Έκανε μεταπτυχιακό στο SOAS και στο Deccan College στο Pune. Δίδαξε στο Λονδίνο και την Αθήνα Φιλοσοφία, Οικονομικά και Σανσκριτικά. Από το 1980 διευθύνει το Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα ''Όμιλος Μελετών''. Είναι μέλος της Συντακτικής επιτροπής του ενημερωτικού Δελτίου Adyar Library Bulletin.

Έργα 
Economic principles in the Vedic tradition 2010
Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues 2009
 Vedic and Mesopotamian interactions 2007
Vedic Vāc and Greek logos as creative power : a critical study 2009

    "Indo-European Deities and the Rigveda," JIES 29 (2001), p. 257.
    "Indigenous Indo-Aryans and the Rigveda," JIES 30 (2002), p. 275.
    "Final Reply," JIES 31 (2003), p. 187.
    "Rgveda 7.95.2 and Karen Thomson," JIES 38 (2010), p. 409.
N. Kazanas, A new date for the Rgveda   Philosophy and Chronology, (2000) ed. G C Pande & D Krishna, special issue of Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (June, 2001)
Advaita & Gnosticism, VVRI Research Bulletin (Hoshiarpur) vol 2 (43-112), 2003.
1999 ‘The Rigveda and IndoEuropeans’ Annals Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, vol 80 (pp 15–42).
2001b ‘Archaic Greece and the Veda’ in ABORI, vol 82, in press.
2004 ‘Plato and the Upaniṣads’ in Brahmavidyā: Adyar Library Bulletin.
2005 ‘Philosophy and Self-realization in the Ṛgveda’ Self Society and Science... ed D.P. Chattopadhyaya, PHISPC vol XI, pt2 (21-42), N. Delhi, Centre for Studies in Civilization.
Anatolian bull and Vedic horse in the Indo-European diffusion. 2005. Adyar Library Bulletin (2003) 
Coherence and preservation in Sanskrit VVRI 2006
Diffusion of Indo-European Theonyms: what they show us. 2005 .Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore) Vol 97, No 1 (Jan-March 2006).
Vedic and Mesopotamian cross-influences. 2004. Published in Migration & Diffusion (Vienna) 2005 and by the Adyar Library Bulletin (2006: Olcott commemorative issue). This was also incorporated in the study Vedic, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Religiophilosophical Thought (in print by PHISPC in the volume Chain of Golden Civilizations)
Advaita & Gnosticism.  Published in VVRI Research Bulletin (Hoshiarpur) vol 2 (43-112), 2003.
'Greek Philosophy up to Aristotle' November 2003. PHISPC
Vedic and Egyptian Affinities.(2002,  2006 in Puratattva. Also  incorporated in the study Vedic, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Religiophilosophical Thought (in print by PHISPC in the volume Chain of Golden Civilizations))
'Education & Ethics (presented at the New Delhi Conference organized by UNESCO and the Indian Ministry of Civilization on 'Dialogue among Civilizations: Quest for New Perspectives' 9–10 July 2003.)
Witzel, M. - The Kazanas Fiasco. 2001 (Review of The AIT and Scholarship by N.Kazanas)

Παραπομπές

Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι
Website of N. Kazanas 

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