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In Search of the Lost Orient – An Interview

Autor Olivier Roy, C. Jon Delogu, Jean–louis Schlegel, Olivier Mongin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 noi 2017
In this book-length interview, Olivier Roy, a leading expert on political Islam, tells the story of how his many adventures and discoveries have shaped his understanding of the Islamic world. In Search of the Lost Orient is both a significant intellectual autobiography and a compelling travelogue.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231179348
ISBN-10: 0231179340
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 159 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press

Notă biografică

Olivier Roy. Translated by C. Jon Delogu. Foreword by Jean-Louis Schlegel and Olivier Mongin

Cuprins

Foreword, by Olivier Mongin and Jean-Louis Schlegel
Part I. Preamble
1. Hitchhiking from Paris to Kabul: A Look Back at a Departure
Part II. From Louis-le-Grand to Dreux Via Afghanistan
2. Louis-le-Grand, the May 1968 Revolution, and Learning Persian
3. Louis-le-Grand, Normale sup¿, and the Crisis of the Humanities
4. Oriental Scents: From Yemen to China
5. Return to the Fold
6. Postcards and American Pool
7. Professor at Dreux: Leftist, Away from Paris, and Happy
8. Out of School
Part III. The Afghan Decade
9. Once Again, and for Real, Afghanistan
10. On Foot, on Horseback, and Wearing a Burka in Wartime Afghanistan
11. Blue Helmets and Russian Bombs
12. The Failure of Political Islam
13. War Experience: Prisoners and Bandits
14. Jihad
15. The Afghan Circus
Part IV. The Central Asia Decade
16. A Soviet Invitation to Central Asia
17. A Diplomatic Passport
18. The Expert and the Politician
19. Marriage: The Orient Lost and Found
Part V. Cultures and the Universally Human: Toward Holy Ignorance
20. The Crisis of Cultures and the Universal
21. What Was Good About Orientalism
22. Against the Secularists¿ Essentialism
23. The Decade 2000¿2010: Where Were You on September 11, 2001?
Part VI. The Importance of a Religious Genealogy
24. Portrait of a Young Protestant in the 1950s and ¿60s
25. Can One Think One¿s Own Life?
Epilogue: A Story to End All Stories
Notes