by Gilles Kepel · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483074558
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«La yihad. Expansión y declive del islamismo» is the historical essay by Gilles Kepel, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (800 pages).
Gilles Kepel analyses the rise and decline of Islamist movements: the Islamic cultural revolution, nationalisms, fundamentalism, terrorism, economic contradictions and the situation of minorities. The work also explores the demands for Muslim democracy and the political evolution of the Middle East.
Translated from French. Part of the Ediciones de Bolsillo collection, with a publication date of 15 February 2002.
For readers interested in contemporary history, international politics and Islamism as a social and religious phenomenon.
Gilles Kepel is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in the contemporary Middle East and Muslims in the West. He was a professor at Sciences Po Paris, and Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) university, where he was the director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Program. His book Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West was reviewed by The New York Times as "an excellent primer for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the region." His essay Le Prophète et la Pandémie / du Moyen-Orient au jihadisme d'atmosphère topped the best-seller lists, and was translated into English as well as several other languages.
