Benoît Challand
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 295429 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Benoît Challand |
| PRENOMES | Benoît |
| SOBRENOME | Challand |
| ASSINATURA | CHALLAND B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | New School |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1510-5430 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 112 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Les pays du Golfe et la « start-up nation » israélienne
Rethinking social research in the context of a Thermidorian Arab middle east
How can Gramsci help twenty-first-century researchers conduct field research in the contemporary Arab Middle East when academics and activists are increasingly intimidated, detained, or even killed? Drawing on Gramsci’s 1926 The Southern Question, we illustrate how scholarly and activist communities can continue to critically learn and study in repressive environments while considering the complex geographies of knowledge production and preservin…
Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa
Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings
Providing a longue durée perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoît Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic participation. Considering the parallel histories of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia, Challand develops innovative theories of violence and representation that…
Innovation as erasure
This article explores the growing connections between the Persian Gulf states and the heavily militarised Israeli innovation ecosystem. The Gulf actors now play an increasing role in support of Israel as a globally expanding ‘Start‐up Nation’, and are involved in transforming Palestinian land into a regional frontier of technology in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israeli‐Gulf cooperation and its impact on Palestinians, however, has not been t…
Toward an interstitial global critical theory
By building on calls for a global critical theory, the article argues for a combination between the canon of critical theory, and the rich fields of post-, de-, and settler-colonial studies. It argues that an umbrella for such a project is to develop an interstitial global critical theory. By focusing on interstices, ‘heuristic interstitialism’ invites us to see and thus study the globe by looking simultaneously at the supra-, inter- and even inf…
The Political Economy of Local Governance in Yemen
This paper provides an historical exploration of local governance in Yemen across the past sixty years. It highlights the presence of a strong tradition of local selfrule, self-help, and participation “from below” as well as the presence of a rival, official, political culture upheld by central elites that celebrates centralization and the strong state. Shifts in the predominance of one or the other tendency have coincided with shifts in the poli…
Current Legacies of Colonial Violence and Racialization in Tunisia
The article argues that the social life of racialization in Tunisia can be traced back to colonial norms and that one cannot speak of racialization in isolation of class differentials, elements that arose historically with the spread of the tandem colonialism-capitalism in North Africa. From a direct form of racialized violence leaving Muslim Tunisians on the low end of the colonial social ladder of worth, salaries, and the right to life, one mov…
Research in and on the Palestinian Occupied Territories
Chapter 5 critically engages with the opportunities and challenges that arise from doing fieldwork in Palestine. It discusses the various terms used to refer to Palestine and the consequences these terms have. To deal with these different layers of “Palestine,” the chapter recommends avoiding short-term analyses and foregrounding historical analyses instead. It also proposes to concentrate on the study of flows (of population, ideas, or money) to…
Class, violence and citizenship in the Arab uprisings
The article connects the literature on transitology with a comparative analyses of the Arab uprisings (also known as the “Arab Spring”). These uprisings should not only be assessed against the backdrop of institutional changes (elections, the writing of new constitutions, the emergence of party systems, etc.). Rather, we need to consider the revolts as a set of historical events sharing a common aspiration towards a renewed and reactivated sense …
Gulf Charities and Islamic Philanthropy in the 'Age of Terror' and Beyond
Gulf Charities and Islamic Philanthropy in the 'Age of Terror' and Beyond is the first book to be published on the charities of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf, covering their work both domestic and international. From a diversity of viewpoints, the book addresses: The historical roots of Islamic philanthropy in religious traditions and geopolitical movements; The interactions of the Gulf charities with 'Western' relief and development institut…
Revisiting Aid in the Arab Middle East
Despite widespread rhetoric among lead donors pledging to support the transformational potential of the Arab uprisings, most western donors have rapidly lowered the amount of aid in support of civil society in the region. The article defines what constitutes "aid" and defines the frame for a systematic evaluation of aid delivery ("sociology of aid")
Imagining Europe
In Imagining Europe, Chiara Bottici and Benoît Challand explore the formation of modern European identity. Europe has not always been there, although we have been imagining it for quite some time. Even after the birth of a polity called the European Union, the meaning of Europe remained a very much contested topic. What is Europe? What are its boundaries? Is there a specific European identity or is the EU just the name for a group of institutions…
Citizenship against the Grain
Le développement, une affaire d’ONG?
La plupart des régimes arabes subissent aujourd'hui une pression extrême de leur population. Leur autoritarisme est mis en cause, mais également leur capacité à produire du développement et du bien-être collectif, alors que le chômage, l'insécurité sociale et la pauvreté fragilisent leurs sociétés. Comment les associations de développement, qui se sont multipliées ces dernières années, participent-elles à la nouvelle donne créée par le « printemp…
The Politics of Imagination
1: From imagination to the imaginary and beyond: towards a theory of imaginal politics, CHIARA BOTTICI AND BENOIT CHALLAND 2: Politics at its best: reasons that move the imagination, ALESSANDRO FERRARA 3: The politics of imagination: Spinoza and the origins of critical theory, THOMAS HIPPLER 4: From soul to mind: psychology and political imagination, ADRIANO BUGLIANI 5: Imagination, imaginary and the bioeconomic turn of cognitive capitalism 6: Im…
The Counter‐Power of Civil Society and the Emergence of a New Political Imaginary in the Arab World
First published online: 26 September 2011
Mariages et identité nationale au Liban. Les relations libano-palestiniennes dans le Liban de Taëf (1989–2005)
The myth of the clash of civilizations
From Hammer and Sickle to Star and Crescent
Published online: 15 Apr 2009
Contested Memories and the Shifting Cognitive Maps of Europe
Addressing attempts to define a common European memory on the theme of the Holocaust, and transformations of the Cold War discourses on totalitarianism and democracy. The article conceptualizes the persistent forms and new constellations of alterity that reproduce an East—West divide. The article shows that cognitive debates about Europe hint at constantly shifting relations between various parts of Europe and between Europe and its neighbors. A …
Palestinian Civil Society
Palestinian Civil Society examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. Looking at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from sociological, historical, legal, and institutional perspectives, the book sheds light on the involvement of donors in Palestine, and the effect that aid has had on Palestinian civil society at a socia…
The Evolution of Western Aid for Palestinian Civil Society
Much has been written about the democratic deficit in the Arab Muslim worlds in the last two decades. Such literature has reinforced the idea that the promotion of democracy by international actors
A Nahḍa of Charitable Organizations? Health Service Provision and the Politics of Aid in Palestine
Until recently, the topic of charitable organizations seemed to have fallen in disgrace. Social scientists have given little attention to this sector of associational life. Instead, a great deal has been written on the issues of democratization through pressure groups or on the transformation of social movements into professional organizations while assessing the overall impact of development promoted by donors. Yet three signs point to the need …
Rethinking Political Myth
This article argues for the need to recover the concept of political myth in order to understand the crucial phenomena of our epoch. By drawing on Blumenberg's philosophical reflections on myth, it proposes to understand political myth as the continual process of work on a common narrative by which the members of a social group can provide significance to their political conditions and experience. In order to show how this understanding of politi…
Rethinking Political Myth
This article argues for the need to recover the concept of political myth in order to understand the crucial phenomena of our epoch. By drawing on Blumenberg's philosophical reflections on myth, it proposes to understand political myth as the continual process of work on a common narrative by which the members of a social group can provide significance to their political conditions and experience. In order to show how this understanding of politi…
The Counter‐Power of Civil Society and the Emergence of a New Political Imaginary in the Arab World
First published online: 26 September 2011
A Nahḍa of Charitable Organizations? Health Service Provision and the Politics of Aid in Palestine
Until recently, the topic of charitable organizations seemed to have fallen in disgrace. Social scientists have given little attention to this sector of associational life. Instead, a great deal has been written on the issues of democratization through pressure groups or on the transformation of social movements into professional organizations while assessing the overall impact of development promoted by donors. Yet three signs point to the need …
Citizenship against the Grain
Contested Memories and the Shifting Cognitive Maps of Europe
Addressing attempts to define a common European memory on the theme of the Holocaust, and transformations of the Cold War discourses on totalitarianism and democracy. The article conceptualizes the persistent forms and new constellations of alterity that reproduce an East—West divide. The article shows that cognitive debates about Europe hint at constantly shifting relations between various parts of Europe and between Europe and its neighbors. A …
The Evolution of Western Aid for Palestinian Civil Society
Much has been written about the democratic deficit in the Arab Muslim worlds in the last two decades. Such literature has reinforced the idea that the promotion of democracy by international actors
Innovation as erasure
This article explores the growing connections between the Persian Gulf states and the heavily militarised Israeli innovation ecosystem. The Gulf actors now play an increasing role in support of Israel as a globally expanding ‘Start‐up Nation’, and are involved in transforming Palestinian land into a regional frontier of technology in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israeli‐Gulf cooperation and its impact on Palestinians, however, has not been t…
Current Legacies of Colonial Violence and Racialization in Tunisia
The article argues that the social life of racialization in Tunisia can be traced back to colonial norms and that one cannot speak of racialization in isolation of class differentials, elements that arose historically with the spread of the tandem colonialism-capitalism in North Africa. From a direct form of racialized violence leaving Muslim Tunisians on the low end of the colonial social ladder of worth, salaries, and the right to life, one mov…
Revisiting Aid in the Arab Middle East
Despite widespread rhetoric among lead donors pledging to support the transformational potential of the Arab uprisings, most western donors have rapidly lowered the amount of aid in support of civil society in the region. The article defines what constitutes "aid" and defines the frame for a systematic evaluation of aid delivery ("sociology of aid")
From Hammer and Sickle to Star and Crescent
Published online: 15 Apr 2009
Toward an interstitial global critical theory
By building on calls for a global critical theory, the article argues for a combination between the canon of critical theory, and the rich fields of post-, de-, and settler-colonial studies. It argues that an umbrella for such a project is to develop an interstitial global critical theory. By focusing on interstices, ‘heuristic interstitialism’ invites us to see and thus study the globe by looking simultaneously at the supra-, inter- and even inf…
Rethinking Political Myth
This article argues for the need to recover the concept of political myth in order to understand the crucial phenomena of our epoch. By drawing on Blumenberg's philosophical reflections on myth, it proposes to understand political myth as the continual process of work on a common narrative by which the members of a social group can provide significance to their political conditions and experience. In order to show how this understanding of politi…
Palestinian Civil Society
Palestinian Civil Society examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. Looking at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from sociological, historical, legal, and institutional perspectives, the book sheds light on the involvement of donors in Palestine, and the effect that aid has had on Palestinian civil society at a socia…
The Evolution of Western Aid for Palestinian Civil Society
Much has been written about the democratic deficit in the Arab Muslim worlds in the last two decades. Such literature has reinforced the idea that the promotion of democracy by international actors
A Nahḍa of Charitable Organizations? Health Service Provision and the Politics of Aid in Palestine
Until recently, the topic of charitable organizations seemed to have fallen in disgrace. Social scientists have given little attention to this sector of associational life. Instead, a great deal has been written on the issues of democratization through pressure groups or on the transformation of social movements into professional organizations while assessing the overall impact of development promoted by donors. Yet three signs point to the need …
From Hammer and Sickle to Star and Crescent
Published online: 15 Apr 2009
Contested Memories and the Shifting Cognitive Maps of Europe
Addressing attempts to define a common European memory on the theme of the Holocaust, and transformations of the Cold War discourses on totalitarianism and democracy. The article conceptualizes the persistent forms and new constellations of alterity that reproduce an East—West divide. The article shows that cognitive debates about Europe hint at constantly shifting relations between various parts of Europe and between Europe and its neighbors. A …
Mariages et identité nationale au Liban. Les relations libano-palestiniennes dans le Liban de Taëf (1989–2005)
The myth of the clash of civilizations
The Politics of Imagination
1: From imagination to the imaginary and beyond: towards a theory of imaginal politics, CHIARA BOTTICI AND BENOIT CHALLAND 2: Politics at its best: reasons that move the imagination, ALESSANDRO FERRARA 3: The politics of imagination: Spinoza and the origins of critical theory, THOMAS HIPPLER 4: From soul to mind: psychology and political imagination, ADRIANO BUGLIANI 5: Imagination, imaginary and the bioeconomic turn of cognitive capitalism 6: Im…
The Counter‐Power of Civil Society and the Emergence of a New Political Imaginary in the Arab World
First published online: 26 September 2011
Le développement, une affaire d’ONG?
La plupart des régimes arabes subissent aujourd'hui une pression extrême de leur population. Leur autoritarisme est mis en cause, mais également leur capacité à produire du développement et du bien-être collectif, alors que le chômage, l'insécurité sociale et la pauvreté fragilisent leurs sociétés. Comment les associations de développement, qui se sont multipliées ces dernières années, participent-elles à la nouvelle donne créée par le « printemp…
Imagining Europe
In Imagining Europe, Chiara Bottici and Benoît Challand explore the formation of modern European identity. Europe has not always been there, although we have been imagining it for quite some time. Even after the birth of a polity called the European Union, the meaning of Europe remained a very much contested topic. What is Europe? What are its boundaries? Is there a specific European identity or is the EU just the name for a group of institutions…
Citizenship against the Grain
Gulf Charities and Islamic Philanthropy in the 'Age of Terror' and Beyond
Gulf Charities and Islamic Philanthropy in the 'Age of Terror' and Beyond is the first book to be published on the charities of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf, covering their work both domestic and international. From a diversity of viewpoints, the book addresses: The historical roots of Islamic philanthropy in religious traditions and geopolitical movements; The interactions of the Gulf charities with 'Western' relief and development institut…
Revisiting Aid in the Arab Middle East
Despite widespread rhetoric among lead donors pledging to support the transformational potential of the Arab uprisings, most western donors have rapidly lowered the amount of aid in support of civil society in the region. The article defines what constitutes "aid" and defines the frame for a systematic evaluation of aid delivery ("sociology of aid")
Class, violence and citizenship in the Arab uprisings
The article connects the literature on transitology with a comparative analyses of the Arab uprisings (also known as the “Arab Spring”). These uprisings should not only be assessed against the backdrop of institutional changes (elections, the writing of new constitutions, the emergence of party systems, etc.). Rather, we need to consider the revolts as a set of historical events sharing a common aspiration towards a renewed and reactivated sense …
Research in and on the Palestinian Occupied Territories
Chapter 5 critically engages with the opportunities and challenges that arise from doing fieldwork in Palestine. It discusses the various terms used to refer to Palestine and the consequences these terms have. To deal with these different layers of “Palestine,” the chapter recommends avoiding short-term analyses and foregrounding historical analyses instead. It also proposes to concentrate on the study of flows (of population, ideas, or money) to…
The Political Economy of Local Governance in Yemen
This paper provides an historical exploration of local governance in Yemen across the past sixty years. It highlights the presence of a strong tradition of local selfrule, self-help, and participation “from below” as well as the presence of a rival, official, political culture upheld by central elites that celebrates centralization and the strong state. Shifts in the predominance of one or the other tendency have coincided with shifts in the poli…
Current Legacies of Colonial Violence and Racialization in Tunisia
The article argues that the social life of racialization in Tunisia can be traced back to colonial norms and that one cannot speak of racialization in isolation of class differentials, elements that arose historically with the spread of the tandem colonialism-capitalism in North Africa. From a direct form of racialized violence leaving Muslim Tunisians on the low end of the colonial social ladder of worth, salaries, and the right to life, one mov…
Toward an interstitial global critical theory
By building on calls for a global critical theory, the article argues for a combination between the canon of critical theory, and the rich fields of post-, de-, and settler-colonial studies. It argues that an umbrella for such a project is to develop an interstitial global critical theory. By focusing on interstices, ‘heuristic interstitialism’ invites us to see and thus study the globe by looking simultaneously at the supra-, inter- and even inf…
Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa
Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings
Providing a longue durée perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoît Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic participation. Considering the parallel histories of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia, Challand develops innovative theories of violence and representation that…
Innovation as erasure
This article explores the growing connections between the Persian Gulf states and the heavily militarised Israeli innovation ecosystem. The Gulf actors now play an increasing role in support of Israel as a globally expanding ‘Start‐up Nation’, and are involved in transforming Palestinian land into a regional frontier of technology in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israeli‐Gulf cooperation and its impact on Palestinians, however, has not been t…
Les pays du Golfe et la « start-up nation » israélienne
Rethinking social research in the context of a Thermidorian Arab middle east
How can Gramsci help twenty-first-century researchers conduct field research in the contemporary Arab Middle East when academics and activists are increasingly intimidated, detained, or even killed? Drawing on Gramsci’s 1926 The Southern Question, we illustrate how scholarly and activist communities can continue to critically learn and study in repressive environments while considering the complex geographies of knowledge production and preservin…
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