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In search of the lost Orient : an interview /
Olivier Roy is one of the world's leading experts on political Islam. But he is not only a scholar--he is also a traveler. Roy's keen and iconoclastic insights emerge from a lifetime of study combined with intrepid exploration through Afghanistan and Central Asia. In this book-length inter...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Intro; Table of Contents; 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 supâ#x80;#x99;, 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 Afghanistan11. 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 Secularistsâ#x80;#x99; Essentialism.
- 23. The Decade 2000â#x80;#x93;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 â#x80;#x99;60s; 25. Can One Think Oneâ#x80;#x99;s Own Life?; Epilogue: A Story to End All Stories; Notes.