La mecanique djihadiste
In: Politique internationale: pi, Heft 147
ISSN: 0221-2781
An interview with Olivier Roy, author of, among other publications, The Globalized Islam (2002), Holy Ignorance. The Time of Religion Without Culture (2008) and In Search of the Lost East. Interviews With Jean-Louis Schlegel (2014). On foot, by jeep or horseback, the Afghan mountains with Turkish cities, Iran or Yemen, Olivier Roy has spent much of his life pacing the Muslim world. At the intersection of anthropology and political science, he has become a recognized analyst of global Islam. Became director of research at CNRS and professor at the University Institute in Florence, the book International Politics reflections on the Eastern maelstrom. It exposes an original reading grid, pointing limits Daech as Western misunderstandings, and defends the trenches convictions about the 'crisis of cultures' or the supposed 'return of religion'. Adapted from the source document.