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Le prophète et la pandémie: du Moyen-Orient au jihadisme d’atmosphère

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L’an 2020, marqué par la Covid-19 et l’effondrement du marché pétrolier, est celui de tous les bouleversements depuis le Moyen-Orient jusqu’aux banlieues de l’Europe.
Le conflit israélo-palestinien se fragmente avec, d’un côté, « l’entente d’Abraham », qui va de Washington à Abou Dhabi et Khartoum en passant par Jérusalem, agrège le Caire et Riyad, et lorgne sur Bagdad ; de l’autre « l’axe fréro-chiite » qui rassemble Hamas, Qatar, Turquie et Iran, avec le soutien ponctuel de Moscou.
Dans ces convulsions sismiques, Beyrouth explose, réfugiés et clandestins affluent en Europe, et le président turc Erdogan tente de refaire d’Istanbul le centre de l’islam mondial.
Enfin, le terrorisme frappe à nouveau, en France et en Autriche, au nom d’un jihadisme sans organisation. Il s’appuie sur une atmosphère créée par des entrepreneurs de colère mobilisant foules et réseaux sociaux du monde musulman face à l’Occident –alors que Joe Biden doit restaurer la confiance des alliés de l’Amérique.

Poursuivant la réflexion engagée dans Sortir du Chaos, succès français et international, Gilles Kepel propose, cartes et chronologie à l’appui, la mise en perspective indispensable de l’actualité pour comprendre les grandes transformations de demain.

336 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 2021

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Gilles Kepel

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A French scholar and analyst of the Islamic and the Arab world. He has written works on Radical Islam including Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. He was the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs for 2009-10 at LSE IDEAS (Centre for Diplomacy & Strategy, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Professor Kepel has previously been a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York. He speaks Arabic, French, English and Italian.

Kepel's work has stirred intense debates in the French academia. His analyses of political Islam have notably been criticized by Olivier Roy, François Burgat and Alain Roussillon. These 3 authors however are also quite controversial, with secularists like Caroline Fourest or Mohamed Sifaoui being particularly critical of Roy and Burgat's sympathy towards islamists.

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July 17, 2021
Excellent book ! Very objective (in my opinion) description of the geo-political “enjeux” that affects more than one region, more than one continent. We suffer the consequences every day, but rarely know why nor have we the depth to tie things/events together for a “panoramic view”.
Gilles Kepel in this book puts in front of us a sort of “Mappa Mundi” of the different political/incidents/“war-games” that lead to what we are living today and moving forward. A wake up call !
A “must read” book, if you like world politics, definitely “must read” if you are from the Middle East, a “must read” if you are European, especially if you are French AND you love France (very important).
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October 24, 2022
Pretensión de análisis de la actualidad en la región. La dificultad de analizar variables como el impacto real de la pandemia y los cambios sociopolíticos que se suceden en la actualidad y en un futuro cercano, llevan al autor a caer en ciertas divagaciones y precisiones poco sólidas
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May 8, 2022
Todo muy bien contado, especialmente Turquía, Libia y el terrorismo de atmósfera en Francia.

Me faltan Siria, Irán e Irak.
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December 14, 2021
La valutazione risente del senso di frustrazione provato nel verificare quanta poca conoscenza ho delle culture che si affacciano nel mediterraneo.
Se il destino dell’occidente si decide in medio oriente, noi occidentali non possiamo disinteressarci di questa area.
L’autore ci fa la cronaca di tali avvenimenti in modo ammirevole e in tale contesto emergono evidenti i nostri buchi di conoscenza.
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