by Gilles Kepel · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070418688
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«Jihad: Expansion et déclin de l'islamisme» is Gilles Kepel's essay on Islamism, published by Gallimard in paperback (708 pages, in French).
Kepel analyzes the rise and fall of Islamism between the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the late 1990s: the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Afghan jihad as a global cause that fueled conflicts in Egypt and Algeria, and how the violence of radical groups eroded social support up to post-Islamism.
The work was originally published in Paris in 2000; this edition is from 2001. It belongs to the Folio/actuel collection, number 90.
Aimed at readers interested in contemporary history, international politics and religion.
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.
