POLITICAL SCIENTIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivier Roy has received more than 9,864 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Olivier Roy is the 35th most popular political scientist (down from 27th in 2019), the 4,291st most popular biography from France (down from 3,750th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Political Scientist.

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  • 9.9k

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  • 48.51

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Olivier Roy ranks 35 out of 46. Before him are Rahime Perestu Sultan, Marfa Boretskaya, Robert Keohane, Karine Jean-Pierre, Michel Pablo, and Graham Allison. After him are Adam Przeworski, Sidney Verba, Cass Sunstein, James Flynn, Charles Murray, and Claudine Gay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Olivier Roy ranks 402. Before him are Spencer Haywood, Emanuel Ax, Rubén Pagnanini, Kurt Beck, Alexander Maltsev, and Mart Helme. After him are Peter Ackroyd, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Hugo Sotil, Anthony Denison, Jonathan Carroll, and Carlos Babington.

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In France

Among people born in France, Olivier Roy ranks 4,291 out of 6,770. Before him are Claire Bretécher (1940), Jean-François Séguier (1703), Jean Tiberi (1935), Daniel Morelon (1944), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), and Hans van den Broek (1936). After him are Louis Pouzin (1931), Karen Lancaume (1973), Léopold Eyharts (1957), Francis Blanche (1921), Jean Vautrin (1933), and José Beyaert (1925).

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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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