Islamism in World Politics as a Challenge to the West
Bassam Tibi
July 20, 2010
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Bassam Tibi is Professor emeritus of International Relations. Until his retirement in 2009, he taught at the University of Goettingen (Germany) while also holding various affiliations at Cornell University among others.
Tibi is the founder of Islamology as a social-scientific study of Islam and conflict in post-bipolar politics. He is the author of 41 books of which 11 were written in English.
Professor Tibi gives presentations and lectures on the various topics of his academic career: Islam and Islamism, the Middle East or the Arab Spring.