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A brilliant analysis of identity politics by world-renowned thinker Olivier Roy.

As Europe wrangles over questions of national identity, nativism and immigration, Olivier Roy interrogates the place of Christianity, foundation of Western identity. Do secularism and Islam really pose threats to the continent's 'Christian values'? What will be the fate of Christianity in Europe?Rather than repeating the familiar narrative of decline, Roy challenges the significance of secularized Western nations' reduction of Christianity to a purely cultural force- relegated to issues such as abortion, euthanasia and equal marriage. He illustrates that, globally, quite the opposite has occurred: Christianity is now universalized, and detached from national identity. Not only has it taken hold in the Global South, generally in a more socially conservative form than in the West, but it has also 'returned' to Europe, following immigration from former colonies. Despite attempts within Europe to nationalize or even racialize it, Christianity's future is global, non-European and immigrant-as the continent's Churches well know.This short but bracing book confirms Roy's reputation as one of the most acute observers of our times. It represents a persuasive and novel vision of religion's place in national life today.

Olivier Roy is one of the most important analysts of political Islam working today, arguably the single most insightful voice in a vast field. In Search of the Lost Orient provides a complete intellectual life story and argues that empirical research and a focus on concrete social practices must be the basis by which Islam and its intersection with politics must be understood. An engagingly written, impressive book that provides a rare and unique view of political Islam and one of its major thinkers. Benjamin Brower, University of Texas at Austin

Everything you need to know about how Islamic State attracts new followers, by a world-renowned sociologist of Islam.

Der Tod ist das Ziel: Über den Nihilismus islamistischer Terroristen Der globalisierte Terrorismus ist kein neues Phänomen. Neu ist, dass Terrorismus und Dschihadismus sich mit dem Todeswunsch des Attentäters verbinden. Olivier Roy, einer der weltweit führenden Islamismus-Experten, warnt davor, die Ursachen des Dschihadismus vor allem in einer Radikalisierung des Islam zu sehen. Nicht die Religion ist es, die die meist jungen Männer anfeuert – ihre Hinwendung zum Terrorismus ist vor allem Ausdruck eines besonders heftig ausgetragenen Generationenkonflikts und einer ausgeprägten Todessehnsucht.

For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them. One of the several virtues of this book is precisely that it brings different perspectives to bear on the complexity, diversity, and uncertainty of recent and current events in the Arab world. The thirteen authors concentrate on the critical social forces shaping the region—demography, religion, gender, telecommunication connectivity, and economic structures—and they are painstakingly analyzed and evaluated.—from the foreword by Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution The Arab Spring will be remembered as a period of great change for the Arab states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Facing fundamental transitions in governance, these countries are also undergoing profound social, cultural, and religious changes. The European Union and the United States, caught unprepared by the uprisings, now must address the inescapable challenges of those changes. How will the West respond to these new realities, particularly in light of international economic uncertainty, EU ambivalence toward a "cohesive foreign policy," and declining U.S. influence abroad? Arab Society in Revolt explains and interprets the societal transformations occurring in the Arab Muslim world, their ramifications for the West, and possible policy options for dealing with this new world. Arab Society in Revolt examines areas of change particularly relevant in the southern Mediterranean: demography and migration, Islamic revival and democracy, rapidly changing roles of women in Arab society, the Internet in Arab societies, commercial and social entrepreneurship as change factors, and the economics of Arab transitions. The book then looks at those cultural and religious as well as political and economic factors that have influenced the Western response, or lack of it, to the Arab Spring as well as the policy options that remain open.

Olivier Roy finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and sociocultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take root, an anti-intellectualism that promises immediate access to the sacred and positions itself in direct opposition to contemporary pagan culture. The secularization of society was supposed to free people from religion, yet individuals are converting en masse to such fundamentalist faiths as Protestant evangelicalism, Islamic Salafism, and Haredi Judaism. These religions either reconnect adherents to their culture through casual referents, like halal fast food, or "deculturate" through "purification" rituals, such as speaking in tongues, which allows believers to utter a language entirely their own. Instead of a return to traditional religious worship, Roy argues we are witnessing the individualization of faith and the disassociation of faith communities from ethnic and national identities. This has placed culturally integrated religions, such as Catholicism and eastern orthodox Christianity, on the defensive, and presents new challenges to state and society. Roy explores the options available to powers that hope to integrate or control these groups, and he considers whether marginalization or homogenization will further divide believers from their culture

Im Supermarkt der Religionen Im Schatten der Globalisierung erlebt der Glaube einen Boom. Doch während die Religion früher im Zentrum kultureller Identität stand, ist die neue Religiosität Ausdruck einer entwurzelten Sinnsuche des Einzelnen. Sie ist zu einem unter vielen Angeboten innerhalb der Gesellschaft geworden, und der Kunde wählt nach Belieben frei aus. Der einfältige Wunsch nach einer Religion ohne gemeinschaftliche Einbettung ist der Nährboden für religiösen Fundamentalismus und birgt massive Gefahren für Staat und Gesellschaft.

Argues that the consequences of the 'war on terror' have conflated conflicts in the Middle East in such a way that they appear to be the expression of a widespread 'Muslim anger' against the West. This book unravels the complexity of these conflicts in order to better understand the political discontent that sustains them.

In der Zerrissenheit des Islamismus liegt seine größte Gefahr Al Qaida und die Taliban, Hisbollah und Hamas, Syrien und Iran – sie alle bedrohen den Westen. Es wäre allerdings ein gefährlicher Irrtum, diese Kräfte für einen geschlossenen, starken Feind zu halten. Denn durch die islamische Welt geht vielmehr ein tiefer Riss. Doch das ist kein Grund zur Entwarnung, sagt Olivier Roy: Er macht deutlich, dass die eigentliche Gefahr von den Spannungen innerhalb der islamistischen Gruppen ausgeht und zeigt, welche Politik wir ihr entgegensetzen müssen. Der islamistische Terrorismus stellt eine weltweite Bedrohung dar. Doch der vom Westen propagierte 'Krieg gegen den Terror' ist nicht zu gewinnen. Weder ist der Islam ein einheitliches Gebilde, noch sind geopolitische Militäraktionen eine angemessene Reaktion auf deterritorial agierende Selbstmordattentäter. Um zu bestimmen, wie der Westen künftig mit dieser Gefahr umgehen soll, müssen wir erst einmal danach fragen, wie die regionalen und globalen Kräfteverhältnisse wirklich sind, wer denn eigentlich der Feind ist und wie man ihm wirksam begegnen kann. In seinem neuen Buch deckt der renommierte Islam- und Terrorismusexperte Olivier Roy die politischen Irrtümer des Westens auf, erklärt klar und anschaulich die innerislamischen Verhältnisse und Spannungen und liefert verblüffende Erkenntnisse über die Organisations- und Funktionsweise der Al Qaida.