कोएनराड एल्स्ट

कोएनराड एल्स्ट (Koenraad Elst ; जन्म 7 अगस्त 1959) बेल्जियम के प्राच्यविद् और बीस से अधिक पुस्तकों के लेखक हैं। उन्होंने हिंदू धर्म, धर्म, राजनीति और इतिहास पर किताबें लिखी हैं।

कोएनराड एल्स्ट इस विचार के समर्थक हैं कि आर्य भारतीय मूल के हैं तथा वे भारत से प्रवास करते हुए अन्य देशों में जा बसे हैं। वे फ्लेमी आन्दोलन (Flemish movement) से भी जुड़े हैं जो प्रत्यक्ष लोकतन्त्र की मांग करती है। एल्स्ट, २० से अधिक पुस्तकों के लेखक हैं। उनकी ये पुस्तकें इतिहास, हिन्दुत्व, और भारतीय राजनीति से सम्बन्धित हैं। उनकी रुचि के प्रमुख विषय ये हैं- हिन्द-यूरोपीय भाषाओं का मूल, राम मन्दिर विवाद, भारत में पन्थनिरपेक्षता, तथा महात्मा गाँधी की ऐतिहासिक विरासत।

ग्रन्थसूची
  (Also included in Vinay Chandra Mishra and Parmanand Singh, eds.: Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid, Historical Documents, Legal Opinions & Judgments, Bar Council of India Trust, Delhi 1991.)
  IndiaStar: Koenraad Elst's "Ayodhya and After" review
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  Desicritics.org: Book Review: Decolonizing the Hindu Mind, Dr. Koenraad Elst, Part I
 
 
New edition: Why I killed the Mahatma : uncovering Godse 	 Why I killed the Mahatma : uncovering Godse's defence (New Delhi : Rupa, 2018.)
 
  Lewiston, New York ; Lampeter, Wales : Edwin Mellen Press, [2016]
Pourquoi j’ai tué Gandhi: Examen et critique de la défense de Nathuram Godse, (coll. La Voix De L'inde), Les Belles Lettres, 2016. 
 
 
 Book review: 'Ayodhya: The Finale'
 
 
 
 
 
  (2015)
 Still no trace of an Aryan invasion : a collection on Indo-European origins. Aryan Books International, 2018. 
 Hindu Dharma and the Culture Wars. Rupa (2019). 

 

 Het boek bij het Boek: Recensies over islam en Koran, 1992-2008 (“The companion book to the Book”), Waregem 2009. 
 The India chapter in Wim Van Rooy & Sam Van Rooy, eds.: De islam. Kritische essays over een politieke religie (“Islam: Critical Essays on a Political Religion”), ASP, Brussels 2010. 
 De donkere zijde van het boeddhisme (“The Dark Side of Buddhism”), Mens & Cultuur, Ghent 2010. 
 Heidendom in India: hindoeïsme en christendom, dialoog tussen vreemden (“Paganism in India: Hindus and Christians, Dialogue between Strangers”), Mens & Cultuur, Ghent 2014. 

"Linguistic Aspects of the Aryan Non-Invasion Theory," In 

Gujarat After Godhra: Real Violence, Selective Outrage/edited by Ramesh N. Rao and Koenraad Elst. New Delhi, Har-Anand Pub., 2003, 248 p., .

 (adapted from a paper of the International Ramayana Conference and the October 1995 Annual South Asia Conference in Madison, Wisconsin)
The Ayodhya debate: focus on the "no temple" evidence, World Archaeological Congress, 1998
“Ayodhya’s three history debates”, in Journal of Indian History and Culture (Chennai), September 2011.  
“The gatherings of the elders: the beginnings of a Pagan international”, Pomegranate (Equinox, Sheffield UK) 2012/1.
India's Only Communalist: In Commemoration of Sita Ram Goel (edited by Koenraad Elst, 2005)  (With contributions by Subhash Kak, David Frawley, Lokesh Chandra, Shrikant Talageri, Vishal Agarwal, N.S. Rajaram and others.)
An article on an attempt to ban a book by Ram Swarup, in Sita Ram Goel, ed.: Freedom of Expression (Voice of India 1998). 

An article in the second edition of Ishwar Sharan’s The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple (Voice of India 1997).
A paper in Angela Marcantonio & Girish Nath Jha, eds.: Perspectives on the Origin of Indian Civilization (DK Printworld, Delhi 2013). 
Elst, Koenraad. "Humour in Hinduism." Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities (2011): 35-53., in Hans Geybels & Walter Van Herck, eds.: Humour and Religion, Challenges and Ambiguities (Continuum, London 2011).
A paper  in P. Paramesvaran, ed.: Expressions of Christianity, with a focus on India (Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan, Chennai 2007).
Elst, Koenraad. "Manu as a weapon against egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu political philosophy." Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought (2008): 543. Herman Siemens & Vasti Roodt, eds.: Nietzsche, Power and Politics (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008).
Foreword to: The Prolonged Partition and Its Pogroms: Testimonies on Violence against Hindus in East Bengal (1946–1964) by A. J. Kamra (2000).

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