Fethi Benslama Explained

Fethi Benslama
Birth Date:	July 31, 1951
Birth Place:	Salakta, Tunisia
Occupation:	Psychoanalyst

Fethi Benslama (born 1951) is a French psychoanalyst of Tunisian origin. 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, 1951^[1] in Salakta, Tunisia.^[2]

Career

Benslama is a psychoanalyst.^[3] He is a Professor of Psychopathology at Paris Diderot University, and a member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts.^[4] 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.^[5] He has also argued that terrorists kill for the sake of "jouissance," not to act upon suicidal ideation.^[6]

Benslama is the co-founder of a deradicalization center for French youths who return to France after visiting Syria.^[7] In the wake of the 2016 Nice truck attack, he called for the press to stop publishing the pictures and names of terrorists to avoid their "glorification".^{[4] [8]}

Works

• Book: Benslama. Fethi. Une fiction troublante : de l'origine en partage. 1994. Editions de l'Aube. La Tour d'Aigues. 9782876781542. 32166993.
• Book: Benslama . Fethi . Tazi . Nadia . La virilité en Islam. 1998. Éditions de l'Aube. Paris. 9782876784048. 40431283.
• Book: Benslama. Fethi. La psychanalyse à l'épreuve de l'islam. registration. 2002. Aubier. Paris. 9782700724264. 401524225.
• Book: Benslama. Fethi. Déclaration d'insoumission : à l'usage des musulmans et de ceux qui ne le sont pas. 2005. Flammarion. Paris. 9782082105248. 420238914.
• Book: Benslama. Fethi. Soudain la révolution ! : de la Tunisie au monde arabe : la signification d'un soulèvement. 2011. Denoël. Paris. 9782207111529. 762540744.
• Book: Benslama. Fethi. La Guerre des subjectivités en Islam. 2014. Lignes. Paris. 9782355261282. 881813224.
• Book: Benslama . Fethi . L'idéal et la cruauté : subjectivité et politique de la radicalisation. 2015. Lignes. Paris. 9782355261480. 932068846.
• Book: Benslama. Fethi. Un furieux désir de sacrifice : le surmusulman. 2016. Seuil. Paris. 9782021319095. 950464909.

External links

• Faculty webpage

Notes and References

1. http://viaf.org/viaf/76343779 VIAF
2. News: Heureux comme un musulman en France. Jeune Afrique. 1905. July 9, 1997. 58.
3. Web site: Fethi Benslama. Bibliothèque nationale de France. October 7, 2016.
4. News: Truong. Nicolas. Fethi Benslama : " Les médias ne devraient pas publier les photos du tueur de Nice ". October 7, 2016. Le Monde. July 18, 2016.
5. News: " Assimiler la radicalisation islamiste à un phénomène sectaire pose problème ". October 7, 2016. Le Monde. May 10, 2016.
6. News: Daumas. Cécile. Fethi Benslama : "En tuant les autres, le terroriste acquiert une toute-puissance de désastre". October 7, 2016. Libération. May 20, 2016.
7. News: Seelow. Soren. " Pour les désespérés, l'islamisme radical est un produit excitant ". October 7, 2016. Le Monde. November 12, 2015.
8. News: Borger. Julian. French media to stop publishing photos and names of terrorists. October 7, 2016. The Guardian. July 27, 2016.