Jean Varenne
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| Born | 12 June 1926 Marseille, France |
| Died | 12 July 1997 (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Indologist |
Jean Varenne (12 June 1926 – 12 July 1997) was a French
visiting professor at the University of Chicago, and at other universities in India, Cambodia and Mexico.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Jean Varenne was born on 12 June 1926 in
École des Hautes Études. Varenne was a member of the French School of the Far East, and taught in India and Cambodia.[1]
In 1962, he received a teaching position at Aix-Marseille,visiting professor at El Colegio de México and at the University of Chicago in the second part of the 1960s.[4][1]
Indology and political activism
In 1974, Varenne joined the patronage committee of Défense de l'Occident, led by Maurice Bardèche.[6]
During the 1980s, Varenne directed the series "Le Monde Indien" in the prestigious publishing house
Front National (FN) of Jean-Marie Le Pen.[9] In 1990 he was nominated to the "Scientific Council" of the FN.[10]
Later life and death
At the end of his life, Varenne was working on an Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religions; only articles on Hinduism were published at the time of his death on 12 July 1997.[1][2]
Works
- Mahâ-Nârâyana Upanisad, 2 vol., Paris, Éditions de Boccard (PICI), 1960.
- Mantra védiques dans le « Raurava-âgama », JA 250/2, pp 185–1987, 1962.
- Zarathushtra et la tradition mazdéenne, Paris, Seuil, 1962 [reed. 1977].
- Le Véda, ed. Planète, 1967, [reed. Les Deux Océans, 2003].
- Mythes et légendes, extraits des Brâhmanas, Paris, Gallimard, 1968.
- Grammaire du sanskrit, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1971.
- Upanisads du Yoga, traduits du sanskrit et annotés, Paris, Gallimard, 1971.
- Le Yoga et la tradition hindoue, Paris, Denoël, 1971.
- Célébration de la Grande Déesse (Dévî-mâhâtmya), Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1975.
- Sept Upanishads, Paris, ISBN 9782020058728.
- Cosmogonies Védiques, Milan, Archè Milano, 1981 [reed. Les Belles Lettres, 1982].
- (Dir. with Jean Herbert) Vocabulaire de l'hindouisme, Dervy, 1985.
- Aux Sources du Yoga, J. Renard, 1989.
- La Gîta- Govinda, Le Rocher, 1991.
- L'Enseignement secret de la divine Shakti, Grasset, 1995.
- Le Tantrisme : mythes, rites, métaphysique, Albin Michel, 1997.
- Zoroastre, le prophète de l'Iran, Dervy, 1996.
- (Dir. with Michel Delahoutre) Dictionnaire de l'hindouisme, Le Rocher, 2002.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Varenne, Hervé (4 April 1996). "Jean Varenne". Columbia University.
- ^ Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
- ^ a b c d Rousso 2004, p. 61.
- ISBN 978-607-564-161-4.
- ^ Rousso 2004, p. 7.
- ^ Bertrand, Olivier (14 December 2000). "Les antinégationnistes frappent à Lyon-III". Libération.
- ISBN 978-2-7071-7608-0.
- ^ de Boissieu, Laurent (3 March 2019). "Groupement de Recherche et d'Études pour la Civilisation Européenne (GRECE)". France-Politique.
- ^ François 2005, p. 56.
- ^ Staff (30 March 1990). "La " force intellectuelle " du conseil scientifique". Le Monde.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-88-7252-287-5. (adapted from François (2005). Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite (1980-2004)(PhD thesis). Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II.)
- Rousso, Henry (2004). Rapport sur le racisme et le négationnisme à Lyon III (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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