Fethi Benslama (born 1951) is a French psychoanalyst of Tunisian origin. He is a Professor of Psychopathology at

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Diderot merged with Pari ...

, and the author of several books about political Islam.

Early life

Fethi Benslama was born on July 31, 1951VIAF
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Career

Benslama is a psychoanalyst. He is a Professor of Psychopathology at

, and a member of the

Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts The Beit al-Hikma Foundation (shortened to Beit al-Hikma) or Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts is a scholarly national academy based in Tunis. It is housed officially in a mid-19th century palace, Carthage Royal Palace, Zarrouk Pala ...

. 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. He has also argued that terrorists kill for the sake of "

jouissance ''Jouissance'' () is a French language term implying "enjoyment"; the term jouissance connotes ''jouir'' 'to come' as in sexual parlance and has the meaning "orgasm" in french. In continental philosophy and psychoanalysis, ''jouissance'' is the ...

," not to act upon suicidal ideation. Benslama is the co-founder of a deradicalization center for French youths who return to France after visiting Syria. In the wake of the

2016 Nice truck attack On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and injuring 450 others. The driver w ...

, he called for the press to stop publishing the pictures and names of terrorists to avoid their "glorification".

Works

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References

External links

Faculty webpage
Living people People from Mahdia Governorate Tunisian expatriates in France Tunisian psychoanalysts Tunisian scholars of Islam Academic staff of Paris Diderot University 1951 births Members of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts Scholars of terrorism {{Tunisia-bio-stub