Olivier Roy

Olivier Roy's books examine religion, secularism, culture, identity politics, nation-building, and political change across Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The New Central Asia studies the creation of nations and the institutions through which identities become political. Secularism Confronts Islam and Is Europe Christian? turn toward disputes over belief, public space, and inherited cultural categories.

Holy Ignorance explores what happens when religion and culture separate, while The Crisis of Culture considers identity politics and the authority of norms. The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East places these debates inside a shifting regional order. Across the cluster, Roy asks how ideas travel when institutions, borders, and social belonging change around them.