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Jean Varenne

Jean Varenne (12 June 1926 – 12 July 1997) was a French Indologist and a prominent figure of the Nouvelle Droite. He taught Sanskrit at the Aix-Marseille University, then at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, where he was eventually nominated professor emeritus. Varenne has also been a 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 Marseille, Provence.[2][1] He attended Lycée Thiers [fr], then Aix-Marseille University and the University of Paris, earning a PhD in Sanskrit studies at the 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,[1] where he founded the Department of Indian Studies in the early 1960s.[3] Varenne also worked as a 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 Nouvelle École, a review published by GRECE, an ethno-nationalist think tank led by Alain de Benoist.[3] He quit his teaching position at Aix-Marseille in 1980,[1] and co-founded with Jean Haudry and Jean-Paul Allard [fr] the "Institute of Indo-European Studies" (IEIE) at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 the same year.[5] He was appointed professor of Sanskrit philology, Indian civilization and history of religions at Lyon 3 in 1981.[1][3] Varenne was also involved with the neo-fascist magazine Défense de l'Occident, led by Maurice Bardèche.[6]

During the 1980s, Varenne directed the series "Le Monde Indien" in the prestigious publishing house Les Belles Lettres, and he founded the Belles Lettres collection "Études Indo-Européennes" in 1987.[7] He served as the president of GRECE from 1984 to 1987,[3][8] and was also a member of the Institute of Formation of the 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


References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Varenne, Hervé (4 April 1996). "Jean Varenne". Columbia University.
  2. ^ a b Varenne, Jean (1926-1997). Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
  3. ^ a b c d Rousso 2004, p. 61.
  4. ^ Muñoz, Adrián; Martino, Gabriel (2020). Historia mínima del Yoga. El Colegio de Mexico AC. ISBN 978-607-564-161-4.
  5. ^ Rousso 2004, p. 7.
  6. ^ Bertrand, Olivier (14 December 2000). "Les antinégationnistes frappent à Lyon-III". Libération.
  7. ^ Wieviorka, Michel (2013). Racisme et modernité. La Découverte. ISBN 978-2-7071-7608-0.
  8. ^ de Boissieu, Laurent (3 March 2019). "Groupement de Recherche et d'Études pour la Civilisation Européenne (GRECE)". France-Politique.
  9. ^ François 2005, p. 56.
  10. ^ Staff (30 March 1990). "La " force intellectuelle " du conseil scientifique". Le Monde.

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