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NY: Columbia Univ. Press, Date: 2014. As Interviewed by Jean-Louis Schlegel. 260pp. Photos on request. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2014. Columbia Univ. Press ISBN 0231179340 9780231179348 [US]

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Columbia University Press, Date: 2017. Hardcover. New/New. A clean crisp well preserved 2017 Columbia University Press hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Olivier Roy is one of the world's leading experts on political Islam. But he is not only a scholar--he is also a traveler. Roy's keen and iconoclastic insights emerge from a lifetime of study combined with intrepid exploration through Afghanistan and Central Asia. In this book-length interview, Roy tells the lively and colorful story of his many adventures and discoveries in a variety of social and political settings and how they have come to shape his understanding of the Islamic world and its complex recent history. In Search of the Lost Orient is a candid, personal account of the experiences that led Roy to challenge his youthful ideas of an untouched, romanticized East and build a new intellectual framework to better understand and cohabit with the religions, politics, and cultures of the East, West, North, and South. In conversation with Jean-Louis Schlegel of the French magazine Esprit, Roy offers insight into the key themes of his career. Roy's immersion in the complexities of many Central Asian territories started him on his critique of the idea of an essentialized Islam. Alongside tales of backpacking from Paris to Kabul, his Afghan decade during the Soviet invasion, and official ...

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New York: Columbia University Press, Date: 2017. First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. Interviewed by Jean-Louis Schlegel; translated by C. Jon Delogu. 2017. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231179340 9780231179348 [US]

Hardback. New. In 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. In Search of the Lost Orient is both a significant intellectual autobiography and a compelling travelogue. ISBN 0231179340 9780231179348 [GB]

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Columbia University Press, Date: 2017. Hardcover. New. 2017. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231179340 9780231179348 [IN]