{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-lost-orient-9780231179348","title":"In Search of the Lost Orient","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book-length interview, Olivier Roy, a leading expert on political Islam, tells the story of how his many adventures and discoveries have shaped his understanding of the Islamic world. \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Lost Orient \u003c\/i\u003eis both a significant intellectual autobiography and a compelling travelogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlivier Roy is one of the most important analysts of political Islam working today, arguably the single most insightful voice in a vast field. In Search of the Lost Orient provides a complete intellectual life story and argues that empirical research and a focus on concrete social practices must be the basis by which Islam and its intersection with politics must be understood. An engagingly written, impressive book that provides a rare and unique view of political Islam and one of its major thinkers. -- Benjamin Brower, University of Texas at Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Olivier Mongin and Jean-Louis Schlegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Preamble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Hitchhiking from Paris to Kabul: A Look Back at a Departure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. From Louis-le-Grand to Dreux Via Afghanistan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Louis-le-Grand, the May 1968 Revolution, and Learning Persian\u003cbr\u003e3. Louis-le-Grand, Normale sup’, and the Crisis of the Humanities\u003cbr\u003e4. Oriental Scents: From Yemen to China\u003cbr\u003e5. Return to the Fold\u003cbr\u003e6. Postcards and American Pool\u003cbr\u003e7. Professor at Dreux: Leftist, Away from Paris, and Happy\u003cbr\u003e8. Out of School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Afghan Decade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Once Again, and for Real, Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e10. On Foot, on Horseback, and Wearing a Burka in Wartime Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e11. Blue Helmets and Russian Bombs\u003cbr\u003e12. The Failure of Political Islam\u003cbr\u003e13. War Experience: Prisoners and Bandits\u003cbr\u003e14. Jihad\u003cbr\u003e15. The Afghan Circus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. The Central Asia Decade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. A Soviet Invitation to Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e17. A Diplomatic Passport\u003cbr\u003e18. The Expert and the Politician\u003cbr\u003e19. Marriage: The Orient Lost and Found\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Cultures and the Universally Human: Toward \u003ci\u003eHoly Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. The Crisis of Cultures and the Universal\u003cbr\u003e21. What Was Good About Orientalism\u003cbr\u003e22. Against the Secularists’ Essentialism\u003cbr\u003e23. The Decade 2000–2010: Where Were You on September 11, 2001?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. The Importance of a Religious Genealogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. Portrait of a Young Protestant in the 1950s and ’60s\u003cbr\u003e25. Can One Think One’s Own Life?\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: A Story to End All Stories\u003cbr\u003eNotes","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400311054679,"sku":"9780231179348","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231179348.jpg?v=1730470354","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-lost-orient-9780231179348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}