Bruno Étienne (born in 1937 in

La Tronche La Tronche () is a commune in the Isère department, southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

on 4 March 2009 after a

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) was a French sociologist,

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and a

political analyst Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. He was a specialist of

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Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

of the religious and masonic fact. He graduated in

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and

political sciences Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

at the

Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

and the University of

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. Bruno Étienne was a researcher in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

and was a teacher at the ENA-Algiers, at the Law Faculty of Algiers and the universities of

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

and Marmara. He was also director of researches at the

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. Teacher at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, he was the founder and was director until 2006 of the Observatoire du religieux. Bruno Étienne was also member of the

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. Bruno Étienne was the founder of a school of researchers in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

including

Raphaël Liogier Raphaël Liogier (born in 1967) is a French Sociology, sociologist and philosopher. He received his Doctorate#France, PhD in social sciences at the University Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille) in France, where he also received master's degrees in pub ...

Jocelyne Cesari Jocelyne Cesari (born 1962) is a French political scientist and Islamic studies scholar who is tenured at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Paris. Her works focus on religion and international relations, Islam and globalization ...

and Frank Fregosi. Gilles Kepel was also under his influence. He was member of the

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and was a chevalier of the

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; By Bruno Étienne *''L'islamisme radical'', Paris, LGF, 1989. *''La France et l'islam'', Paris, Hachette, 1989. *''Abdelkader'', Paris, Hachette, 1994. *''Une grenade entrouverte'', La Tour d'Aigue, Aube ed., 1999. *''L'Islam en France'', Paris, CNRS Editions, 2000. *''Ils ont rasé la Mésopotamie : du droit de coloniser au devoir d'ingérence'', Paris, Eshel, 2000. *''Les amants de l'apocalypse'', La Tour d'Aigue, Aube ed., 2002. *''L'Initiation'', Paris, Dervy, 2002. *''La France face aux sectes'', Paris, Hachette, 2002. *''Islam, les questions qui fâchent'', Paris, Bayard, 2003. *''Abd el-Kader : Le Magnanime'' (with François Pouillon), Paris, Gallimard, coll. "

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to pa ...

" (n° 431), 2003. *''La voie de la main nue : Initiation et karaté-do'', Paris, Dervy, 2004. *''Être bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui'' (with

), Paris, Hachette, 2004. *''Heureux comme Dieu en France ? : La République face aux religions'', Paris, Bayard, 2005. *''Pour retrouver la parole : Le retour des frères'' (with

Alain Bauer Alain Bauer (born 8 May 1962) is a French criminologist who has been a professor of criminology at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM Paris) since 2009. He is also a senior research fellow at the John Jay College of Criminal J ...

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and

Michel Maffesoli Michel Maffesoli (born 14 November 1944) is a French sociologist. He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and Julien Freund, and an emeritus professor at Paris Descartes University. His work touches upon the issue of community links and the pr ...

), La Table Ronde, 2006. *''La spiritualité maçonnique : Pour redonner du sens à la vie'', Paris, Dervy, 2006. * Une voie pour l'occident'', Dervy 2000''

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