 | In Search of the Lost Orient: An Interview Subjects: Islam and politics; Religion and culture -- Islamic countries; Political culture -- Islamic countries; Civil society -- Islamic countries; Islamic countries -- Politics and government; Political scientists -- France -- Interviews; 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. Olivier Roy is joint chair of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and the Social and Political Sciences Department at the European University Institute in Florence, where he heads the ReligioWest program. His books include Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah (Columbia, 2004), Secularism Confronts Islam (Columbia, 2007), and Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways (2010). C. Jon Delogu is a university professor in the English Department at the Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3. |
