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'An intellectual nonconformist, Roy has achieved something remarkable: he has written a book on identity politics that neither condemns nor embraces it, but is instead a nuanced cultural dissection of its origins and its contradictions.. . Proof that truly singular books do not scream their originality. [An] illuminating and highly original interpretation of today's world... . It brings order to a world not at ease with itself.' -- <b><i>Financial Times</i> 'There's something to disagree with on every page. But this makes the book more enjoyable and interesting, not less; it offers valuable provocation.' -- <b><I>The New Yorker</I></b> 'Elegant.' -- <b><i>The Wall Street Journal</b></i> ‘Ingenious and full of intuition.’ -- <b><i>The Tablet</b></i> 'Roy has a deep and useful take on our current predicament.' -- <i><b>Compact Magazine</b></i> ‘The best book on culture in years.’ -- <b><i>Marginal Revolution</i></b> ‘The Crisis of Culture is remarkable… . [It] represents a major achievement in Roy’s intellectual trajectory towards providing an original and holistic theorization of the modern world.’ -- <b><i>Philosophy Now</i></b> ‘This is by far the best analysis I have read of the culture wars and identity politics that besets our time.’ -- <b>Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History, University of Oxford</b> 'Our world is flattened, says Olivier Roy. Linguistic diversity is replaced by Basic English; expression by emoticons; culture (in both the high and the anthropological senses) by identity-markers. Roy draws on his long experience in both academia and public life, but with a captivatingly youthful verve and provocativeness.' -- <b>Jonathan Benthall, Director, Royal Anthropological Institute (1974-2000), Founding Editor, <i>Anthropology Today</i></b> 'Olivier Roy has long been one of the world’s most creative thinkers on religion. It’s a delight to see his mind at work on the broader issue of the culture wars.' -- <b>Thomas Hegghammer (PhD), Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford</b>

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Olivier Roy is Professor at the European University Institute in Florence. Six of his highly acclaimed books on religion and politics are published by Hurst, includingGlobalised Islam; Jihad and Death; Holy Ignorance;andIs Europe Christian?

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