Gilles Kepel

Gilles Kepel (* June 30, 1955 in Paris) is a French professor at the Institut d' études politiques de Paris, where it has the chair of the Near East and the Mediterranean ( Chaire Moyen -Orient Méditerranée ) holds. He is the author of sociological and political science works. He is considered one of the best connoisseurs of political Islam and radical Islamism. However, he also deals with extremist tendencies in other religions.

Gilles Kepel studied sociology, English literature and Arabic and earned two doctoral degrees in social and political science. In 1994 he was a visiting professor at New York University, from 1995 to 1996 at Columbia University.

He is currently the Philippe Roman Professor of History and International Relations at the LSE IDEAS Centre for Diplomacy & Strategy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • 3.1 French-speaking Links
  • 3.2 English Links

Works

  • Chronique d'une guerre d' Orient, automne 2001. Brève chronique d' Israël et de Palestine, avril -mai 2001, Paris, Gallimard, 2002.
  • Fitna: guerre au cœur de l' islam: essai, Paris, Gallimard, 2004.
  • You jihad à la fitna, Paris, Bayard / BNF, 2005.
  • Terreur et martyre. Relever le défi de civilization, Paris, Flammarion, 2008, 224 p.
  • Banlieue de la République. Gallimard, Paris 2012. 544 S.
  • Quatre- vingt- treize. Essay, Gallimard, Paris, 2012. 336 S.

English

  • The revenge of God: The resurgence of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the modern world, Cambridge, Polity, 1994.
  • Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe, Oxford, Polity, 1997.
  • Bad moon rising: A chronicle of the Middle East today, Londres, Saqi, 2003.
  • Jihad: The trial of political Islam, Londres, IB Tauris, 2004.
  • The roots of radical Islam, Londres, Saqi, 2005

German

  • The Prophet and the Pharaoh. The example of Egypt: The development of Muslim extremism. Piper, Munich, 1995, ISBN 3-492-03786-0.
  • The vengeance of God. Radical Muslims, Christians and Jews on the rise. Piper, Munich, 2001, ISBN 3-492-21841-5.
  • The Black Book of Jihad. The Rise and Decline of Islamism. Piper, Munich, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-492-04432-8.
  • The new crusades. The Arab world and the future of the West. Piper, Munich, 2005, ISBN 3-492-24533-1.
  • Al- Qaeda. Texts of Terror, along with Jean -Pierre Milelli. Piper, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-492-04912-5.
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