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Olivier Roy

1949 - Today

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Olivier Roy (born 1949 in La Rochelle) is a French political scientist, professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He has published articles and books on secularisation and Islam including "Global Islam", and The Failure of Political Islam. He is known to have "a different view of radical Islam" than some other experts, seeing it as peripheral, Westernized and part of a radicalized and "virtual" rather than pious and "actual" Muslim community. More recently he has written on the Charlie Hebdo shooting, and the November 2015 Paris attacks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olivier Roy is the 39th most popular political scientist (down from 35th in 2019), the 4,677th most popular biography from France (down from 4,292nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Olivier Roy ranks 39 out of 46. Before him are Robert Keohane, Marfa Boretskaya, Karl Deutsch, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Alexis Herman, and Adam Przeworski. After him are Sidney Verba, Cass Sunstein, Katharine Hayhoe, Pippa Norris, Alena V. Ledeneva, and Claudine Gay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Olivier Roy ranks 504. Before him are Nasser Hejazi, Letizia Moratti, Richard Russo, Charles Roven, Alexander Maltsev, and Valeri Vasiliev. After him are James Rivière, Paruyr Hayrikyan, Lori Sandri, Larisa Petrik, Marion Hänsel, and Naseeruddin Shah.

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In France

Among people born in France, Olivier Roy ranks 4,677 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Dulieux (1897), Édouard Pailleron (1834), Laurent Voulzy (1948), Paul Castanet (1880), Valérie Pécresse (1967), and Charles Berling (1958). After him are Noël Liétaer (1908), Cyril Raffaelli (1974), Anna Kavan (1901), Gaston Bonnier (1853), Mathieu Flamini (1984), and Agnès Callamard (1964).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In France

Among political scientists born in France, Olivier Roy ranks 3. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie (1530), and Maurice Duverger (1917).

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