In Search of the Lost Orient : An Interview
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. L...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Columbia University Press,
2017
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| Schlagworte: | Religion and culture Political culture Civil society Political scientists Islam and politics Religion and culture-Islamic countries Political culture-Islamic countries Civil society-Islamic countries Political scientists-France-Interviews Islamic countries-Politics and government |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (273 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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, 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 Secularistsâ Essentialism -- 23. The Decade 2000â2010: 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 â60s -- 25. Can One Think Oneâs Own Life? -- Epilogue: A Story to End All Stories -- Notes |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (273 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780231542036 0231542038 9780231179348 0231179340 |