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Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Author "ROY, Olivier"

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Title: The Transformation of the Arab World Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Something irreversible happened in the Arab Spring. Whatever ups and downs may follow, we are witnessing the beginning of a process by which democratization is becoming rooted in Arab societies.The article explores the ...
Title: Arab Society in Revolt: The West's Mediterranean Challenge Author(s): MERLINI, Cesare; ROY, Olivier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The Arab Spring will be remembered as a period of great change for the Arab states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. The significant transitions in governance are the result of the profound social, cultural, ...
Title: Breakthroughs in Faith Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Across the globe, a new form of religiosity is transforming the spiritual and secular landscape. Evangelical Christianity, Islamic fundamentalism, and many other modern religions, Olivier Roy argues, are no longer tied to ...
Title: Religious Revivals as a Product and Tool of Globalization Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The debate on the role of religions in international relations tends to revolve around the clash or dialogue alternative. Religion is seen either as a part of an ethno-national culture or as a supra national factor that ...
Title: La Santa Ignorancia: El Tiempo de la Religión sin Cultura Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Olivier Roy propone que el mito de la «santa ignorancia» animaría a los diferentes fundamentalismos modernos y es una expresión de la mundialización y la crisis de las culturas. ¿Por qué miles de musulmanes se están ...
Title: Holy Ignorance. When Religion and Culture Part Ways Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Olivier Roy finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and sociocultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a ...
Title: Heilige Einfalt: Über die politischen Gefahren entwurzelter Religionen Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Im Schatten der Globalisierung erlebt der Glaube einen Boom. Doch während die Religion früher im Zentrum kultureller Traditionen stand, ist die neue Religiosität Ausdruck einer entwurzelten Sinnsuche des Einzelnen. Der ...
Title: La santa ignoranza: Religioni senza cultura Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Perché decine di migliaia di musulmani si convertono al cristianesimo o diventano testimoni di Geova? Come si spiega che la religione che cresce più velocemente nel mondo sia il pentecostismo? Perché il salafismo, una ...