by Gilles Kepel · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422691846
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«La Yihad: Expansión y declive del islamismo» is the historical essay by Gilles Kepel, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (571 pages, in Spanish).
Kepel analyses how jihad, after the Arab-Israeli conflict, spread across Africa and Asia and managed to unite heterogeneous social groups under an ideology that fuses morality, religion and politics, until triumphing in Afghanistan. The essay studies the keys to this movement and its impact on the West.
Translation by Marga Latorre of the French original 'Jihad: expansion et déclin de l'islamisme' (2000). Winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize in 2002.
For readers interested in contemporary history, Islamism, the Middle East and international relations.
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.
