Vittorio Albert (Victor) van Bijlert

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Vittorio (Victor) Albert van Bijlert

1955 –
Indology, Indian philosophy
Sanskrit, Bengali

Publications

1983  Review of: Henry Danielson, Ādiśeṣa, the essence of supreme truth (Paramārthasāra), Sanskrit text with translation and notes, Leiden 1980. Philosophy East and West 33,1: 95-96.
1987  The Buddha as a means of valid cognition. – PhD thesis Leiden.
1989 Epistemology and spiritual authority: the development of epistemology and logic in the old Nyāya and the Buddhist school of epistemology with an annotated translation of Dharmakīrti’s Pramānavārttika II (Pramāṇasiddhi) 1-7, Wien (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 20). – Revision of the PhD thesis Leiden The Buddha as a means of valid cognition, 1987.
“Hindus in the Netherlands.” South Asia Newsletter 3: 16-21.
Review of: P. Hacker, Grundlagen indischer Dichtung und indischen Denkens, aus dem Nachlass hrsg. von K. Rüping, Wien 1985. OLZ 84,6: 712-714.
1990  Review of: Rabindranath Tagore, The religion of man, with an introduction by Andrew Robinson, London etc. 1988. Philosophy East and West 40,3: 410-413.
1991  “De kentheoretische school van de Boeddhisten Dignaga en Dharmakirti.” Filosofie, Kwartaalblad voor informatie en communicatie over filosofie en filosofieonderwijs 1,3: 123-128.
“ ‘K ben Brahma. Maar we zitten zonder meid’: J.A. Dèr Mouw en de Indische filosofie.” In: Hanneke van den Muyzenberg en Thomas de Bruijn (red.), Waarom Sanskrit? Honderdvijfentwintig jaar Sanskrit in Nederland: tien lezingen, Leiden (Kern Institute Miscellanea 4), pp. 19-29.
1992  “Apohavāda in Buddhist logic.” In: Marcelo Dascal et al. (eds), Sprachphilosophie, Berlin-New York, pp. 600-609.
1993  Review of: Sylvia Stark, Vatsya Varadagurus Tattvanirnaya, Wien 1990. Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft 4: 318-319.
1995 “Raja Rammohun Roy’s thought and its relevance for human rights.” In: Abdullahi A. An-Na’im et al. (eds), Human rights and religious values: an uneasy relationship?, Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, pp. 93-108.
“Tagore, history and cultural studies.” IIAS Newsletter 5.
1996  Toen jij de snaren spande : de “Gitali” van Rabindranath Tagore, uit het Bengaals vertaald en ingeleid, Leiden: Kern Institute (Kern Institute miscellanea 9), 108 pp.
“Alle leven is Goddelijk”. In: Leren met en van elkaar: op zoek naar mogelijkheden voor interreligieus leren in opvoedig en onderwijs, Zoetermeer, pp. 347-366.
“Sanskrit and Hindu national identity in nineteenth century Bengal.” In: Jan E.M. Houben (ed.), Ideology and status of Sanskrit: contributions to the history of the Sanskrit language, Leiden (Brill’s Indological Library 13), pp. 347-366.
“31st Bengal studies conference, 3-5 May 1996, Georgetown University, Washington DC.” IIAS Newsletter 9.
1997  “Awakening and its imagery in Tagore’s early religious poetry.” In: Dick van der Meij (ed.), India and beyond : aspects of literature, meaning, ritual and thought: essays in honour of Frits Staal, London-New York: Kegan Paul International; Leiden-Amsterdam: IIAS, pp. 14-26.
1999  “De zangen van Tagore geleezen … dit is prachtig … zou ik dien man ooit kunnen zien?: Frederik van Eeden en Tagore: onvolkomen ontmoeting.” Mededelingen Frederik van Eeden-Genootschap 44: 9-19.
2000  “Some thoughts on Indian ethics for a globalizing world.” Journal of Human Values 6,2: 145-153.
2001  Review of: Ananda, A Hindu/Christian dialogue, Delhi 1999. Journal of Human Values 7,2: 195-197.
2002  Review of: Amshuman Bandyopadhyay, Agniyuger agnikatha “Yugantar”, Pondicherry 2001. IIAS Newsletter 27: 39.
Review of: Sekhar Bandyopandhyay, Bengal: rethinking history: essays in historiography, New Delhi 2001. IIAS Newsletter 27: 39.
Review of: Shamita Basu, Religious revivalism as nationalist discourse: Swami Vivekananda and New Hinduism in nineteenth century Bengal, New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2002, IIAS Newsletter 28: 28.
Review of: Shamita Basu, Religious revivalism as nationalist discourse: Swami Vivekananda and New Hinduism in nineteenth century Bengal, New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2002. Journal of Human Values 8,2: 167-173.
2003  “The icon of Japan in nationalist revolutionary discourse in India, 1890-1910.” In: Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb (eds), Imperial Japan and national identities in Asia, 1895-1945, London-New York: RoutledgeCurzon (NIAS studies in Asian topics 31), pp. 23-42.
“The idea of modernity: European progress for the rest of the world?” In: Jos Gommans & Om Prakash (eds), Circumambulations in South Asian history: essays in honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff, Leiden [etc.] (Brill’s indological library 19), pp. 283-306.
“The ethics of modernity in Indian politics: past and present.” Journal of Human Values 9,1: 53-64.
2004  “De dood van de demonen Madhu en Kaitabha” (The death of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha). In: Corstiaan van der Burg en Lourens Minnema (eds), In de ban van het kwaad: het kwaad in religieuze verhalen wereldwijd (In the grip of evil: evil in religious stories from all over the world), Zoetermeer: Uitgeverij Meinema, pp. 148-158.
2006  “Autobiography of an Indian indentured labourer.” IIAS Newsletter 41: 25.
2007  “The struggle with evil: the theology of evil in the Bhagavad Gita and the Devimahatmya.” In: Jerald D.Gort, Henry Jansen and Hendrik M.Vroom (eds), Probing the depths of evil and good: multireligious views and case studies, Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, pp. 57-71.
Review of: Swati Chattopadhyay, Representing Calcutta: modernity, nationalism, and the colonial uncanny, London-New York 2006. JESHO 50,4: 585-587.
Review of: Benedict Anderson, Under three flags: anarchism and the anti-colonial imagination, London-New York 2005. JESHO 50,4: 569-571.
2008  “Indologists and archaeologists: Hendrik Kern and Dutch indology.” In: [Neelam D. Sabharwal, ambassador of India, ed.], Changing images: lasting visions: India and the Netherlands [collection of 35 essays published on the occasion of 400 years of Indo-Dutch relations], Amsterdam: Nieuw Amsterdam, pp. 80-82.
“ ‘I’m Brahman’ by Dèr Mouw.” In: [Neelam D. Sabharwal, ambassador of India, ed.], Changing images: lasting visions: India and the Netherlands [collection of 35 essays published on the occasion of 400 years of Indo-Dutch relations], Amsterdam: Nieuw Amsterdam, pp. 106-108.
“Fin de Siècle: India touches the Netherlands: Vivekananda and Tagore’s journey to the West.” In: [Neelam D. Sabharwal, ambassador of India, ed.], Changing images: lasting visions: India and the Netherlands [collection of 35 essays published on the occasion of 400 years of Indo-Dutch relations], Amsterdam: Nieuw Amsterdam, pp. 112-115.
2009  “Tagore’s vision of the Indian Nation: 1900-1917.” In: Kathleen M.O’Connell and Joseph T. O’Connell (eds), Rabindranath Tagore: reclaiming a cultural icon, Kolkata: Visva-Bharati, pp. 46-62.
Review of: William R. Pinch, Warrior ascetics and Indian empires, Cambridge 2006. JESHO 52,4/5: 745-749.
2010  “Untouchables, Christians, and Hindus: How the Sacred World Order is Preserved and Renounced.” In: Jerald Gort, Henry Jansen and Wessel Stoker (eds), Crossroad discourses between Christianity and culture, Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, pp. 319-336.
“The modernity of Sanskrit.” International Journal of Asian Studies 7,1: 128-130.
2013  “Tagore.” In: Knut A. Jacobsen et al. (eds), Brill’s encyclopedia of Hinduism, vol. V: Religious symbols, Hinduism and migration: contemporary communities outside South Asia, some modern religious groups and teachers, Leiden-Boston (Handbook of oriental studies, section three, India 22,5), pp. 672-678.
2016  Bewustzijn boven taal en dualiteit: de Indiase filosoof Gaudapada en zijn bronnen, Mandukya Upanishad, Hart Sutra, Diamant Sutra en Gaudapada’s karika’s uit het Sanskriet vertaald en geannoteerd, Amsterdam: VU University Press.