Fethi Benslama

Fethi Benslama

Fethi Benslama in 2015
Born July 31, 1961
Salakta, Tunisia
Occupation Psychoanalyst

Fethi Benslama (born 1961) is a Paris-based Tunisian psychoanalyst. He is a Professor of Psychopathology at Paris Diderot University, and the author of several books about political Islam.

Early life

Fethi Benslama was born on July 31, 1961 in Salakta, Tunisia.[1]

Career

Benslama is a psychoanalyst.[2] He is a Professor of Psychopathology at Paris Diderot University, and a member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts.[3] He has authored several books about political islam, including one about the Arab Spring. He has argued that radical Islam shares elements with religious cults, but he adds that it is partly based on a shared "Islamic identity myth" born out of the reality of war.[4] He has also argued that terrorists kill for the sake of "jouissance," not to act upon suicidal ideation.[5]

Benslama is the co-founder of a deradicalization center for French youths who return to France after visiting Syria.[6] In the wake of the 2016 Nice attack, he called for the press to stop publishing the pictures and names of terrorists to avoid their "glorification".[3][7]

Works

References

  1. "Heureux comme un musulman en France". Jeune Afrique (1905). July 9, 1997. p. 58.
  2. "Fethi Benslama". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Truong, Nicolas (July 18, 2016). "Fethi Benslama : « Les médias ne devraient pas publier les photos du tueur de Nice »". Le Monde. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  4. "« Assimiler la radicalisation islamiste à un phénomène sectaire pose problème »". Le Monde. May 10, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  5. Daumas, Cécile (May 20, 2016). "Fethi Benslama : «En tuant les autres, le terroriste acquiert une toute-puissance de désastre»". Libération. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  6. Seelow, Soren (November 12, 2015). "« Pour les désespérés, l'islamisme radical est un produit excitant »". Le Monde. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  7. Borger, Julian (July 27, 2016). "French media to stop publishing photos and names of terrorists". The Guardian. Retrieved October 7, 2016.

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