Alexandre Astier (historian)

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Alexandre Astier (17 February 1968) is a French writer on the religions in India. [1] He is the author of several books on Hinduism.

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He is a member of the "Centre de recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient" of the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

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Thesis

In 2014, Alexandre Astier supported a PhD thesis in art history on the iconography of Kubera.: [4] "While the study of Kubera's personality and representations has given rise to a number of works in the past, no in-depth study has been devoted to him, encompassing both his presence in the literature of ancient India and all his different types of images in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. [5]

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References

  1. Notice d'autorité de personne de la BNF
  2. "ASTIER Alexandre, Comprendre l’hindouisme, Paris, Eyrolles Pratique, 2007, 221 p.", Book review by Ronan Moreau, IESR - Institut européen en sciences des religions  [ fr ], updated 12 May 2011, accessdate 22 September 2016 (Read online Archived 2016-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Virginie Larousse, chief editor of magazine Le Monde des religions  [ fr ], "L’hindouisme par Alexandre Astier", published 30 June 2014, accessdate 12 December 2016 (Read online
  4. Agenda des soutenances Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine , Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2014
  5. Alexandre Astier, Position de thèse, Recherches sur l'iconographie de Kubera, 2014 (Read online Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine )