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Understanding Salafism
Published in 2022 by Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) in the series The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, this book by Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, professor at Sorbonne Paris Nord University and doctor of political science from Sciences Po, offers the first substantive general survey of contemporary Salafism aimed at a wide academic readership.
The book addresses one of the most visible and debated currents in contemporary radical Islam, shedding light on its history, its fundamental principles, and its political and religious translations, and seeks to explain the current events involving Salafist actors in an objective and dispassionate manner. The author examines with precision the different contemporary Salafist mobilisations by illustrating them with specific cases, while addressing the main debates related to this mode of understanding of the Muslim religion: its potential role in triggering certain forms of violence, its comparability with other fundamentalist versions in other religions, or the way the social sciences can describe its main concepts and discourses.
One of the book’s key claims is that, beyond their claims to Islamic revivalism, contemporary Salafist movements also reflect a product of the modernity they claim to combat. The author draws on an interdisciplinary framework, combining the sociology of religion, political science and international relations.
The book runs to 109 pages and 10 chapters, with partial preview on the Springer page (DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-18089-7).
Publié en 2022 aux éditions Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) dans la collection The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, cet ouvrage de Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, professeur des universités à l’Université Sorbonne Paris Nord et docteur en science politique de Sciences Po, propose la première synthèse générale d’ampleur consacrée au salafisme contemporain, à destination d’un large public académique.
L’auteur y éclaire l’histoire, les principes fondamentaux et les traductions politiques et religieuses de ce courant, en s’efforçant d’analyser de manière objective et distanciée les événements actuels impliquant des acteurs salafistes. Il détaille les différentes mobilisations salafistes contemporaines à travers des études de cas précises, et interroge frontalement les grands débats liés à cette manière de comprendre la religion musulmane : son rôle éventuel dans le déclenchement de certaines formes de violence, sa comparabilité avec les fondamentalismes d’autres religions, ou encore la manière dont les sciences sociales peuvent en décrire les concepts et les discours principaux.
L’un des enjeux du livre est de montrer que, par-delà leurs revendications d’un retour aux origines islamiques, les mouvements salafistes contemporains sont aussi le produit de la modernité qu’ils prétendent combattre. L’auteur mobilise pour cela une approche interdisciplinaire, croisant sociologie du religieux, science politique et relations internationales.
L’ouvrage compte 109 pages et 10 chapitres, en accès partiel via la page Springer du livre (DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-18089-7).
يصدر هذا الكتاب سنة 2022 عن دار Palgrave Macmillan (Springer)، ضمن سلسلة The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy، للأستاذ محمد علي الأدرعي، أستاذ الجامعات في جامعة السوربون باريس الشمالية، والحاصل على الدكتوراه في العلوم السياسية من معهد الدراسات السياسية بباريس (Sciences Po).
يظهر هذا العمل تحت عنوانه الأصلي:
Understanding Salafism
ويقدّم أوّل تركيبٍ عامّ موسَّع مكرَّس للسلفية المعاصرة، موجَّهٍ إلى جمهور أكاديميّ واسع. يُلقي المؤلّف الضوء على تاريخ هذا التيّار ومبادئه الأساسية وتجلّياته السياسية والدينية، ساعيًا إلى تحليل الأحداث الراهنة التي يتورّط فيها فاعلون سلفيّون تحليلًا موضوعيًّا ومسافيًا. ويعرض بدقّة مختلف الحراكات السلفيّة المعاصرة، مستنيرًا بدراسات حالة محدّدة، ويطرح صراحةً كبرى المسائل المتّصلة بهذه القراءة للإسلام: دورها المحتمل في تفجّر بعض أشكال العنف، وقابليتها للمقارنة بالأصوليات الأخرى في الأديان، وسُبُل وصف مفاهيمها وخطاباتها الرئيسة من منظور العلوم الاجتماعية.
ومن أطروحات الكتاب المركزية أنّ الحركات السلفية المعاصرة، على الرغم من دعواها العودة إلى الأصول الإسلامية، هي في الوقت نفسه إحدى إفرازات الحداثة التي تدّعي مقاومتها. ويعتمد المؤلّف مقاربة تفاعلية بين علم اجتماع الدين والعلوم السياسية والعلاقات الدولية.
يقع الكتاب في 109 صفحات، موزَّعة على 10 فصول، ويمكن الاطّلاع على مقتطفاته عبر صفحة الكتاب لدى Springer (DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-18089-7).
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