Lucien-Samir Oulahbib | |
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| Born | (1956-03-06)6 March 1956 (age 69) Aïn El Hammam,Tizi Ouzou, Algeria |
| Citizenship | France |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University Paris Nanterre University School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 |
| Occupation(s) | sociologist,political scientist, journalist |
| Employer | Jean Moulin University – Lyon 3 |
| Organization | Atlantis Institute |
| Known for | epistemology ofnihilism |
| Notable work | Ethique et épistémologie du nihilisme |
| Website | lucien |
Lucien-Samir Oulahbib (born 1956, inAïn El Hammam,Tizi Ouzou,Algeria) is a French sociologist, political scientist, writer and journalist who taught at theUniversity Lyon 3, from 2007 until 2019. He taught at theUniversity Paris X from 2005 to 2007 and now teaches at Albert le Grand Institute. He managesDogma philosophy journal together with Isabelle Saillot.[1]
His writings tackle contemporary Frenchnihilism, radicalIslamism, andantisemitism. Lucien Oulahbib's academic interests range from sociology, political philosophy, philosophy of law, geopolitics, international relations, communication and information philosophy to theology and nihilism.[2]
Lucien-Samir Oulahbib was born in 1956 in northern Algeria into aBerber Christian family.[3][4] In 1956, his family with a newborn child emigrated to France at the time of the Algerian War. In 1969 they were reintegrated forFrench citizenship. His father was the head of a construction company, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher.
Oulahbib is a supporter of theBerber movement, which defends Berber cultural roots against Arab dominance. Many of his works are devoted to this topic.[5]
L.-S. Oulahbib holds a master's degree in sociology and economics from theParis Nanterre University (1984) under the direction ofJean Baudrillard;M.A.S. (1985) under the direction ofJean Baechler (Paris IV Sorbonne),François Bourricaud (Paris IV) andAlain Besançon (EHESS).[5]
PhD inhistorical sociology (Paris IV Sorbonne, 1997): "Murderers of Man: contemporary nihilism in France", under the direction of professor Jean Baechler.Habilitation to conduct research in political science (Lyon III, 2007): “Evaluation of the form of politics in the democratic era", under the direction of professor Jean Paul Joubert.[6][5]
Oulahbib was a host at the free radioCanal 75 and was a reporter, an editor of MagazineSans Nom,Citizen K,Technikart. He also worked as a freelance journalist forEsprit Critique,Dogma,Marianne andTumulte.
Since 2000 he teaches political science, sociology, moral and political philosophy, geopolitics, international relations, communication, media and public opinion analysis at theJean Moulin University Lyon 3. Lucien Oulahbib's research interests have a wide range from sociology and political philosophy to theology and nihilism.
He devotes much attention to the analysis of the philosophy of French nihilists:Bataille,Blanchot,Foucault,Derrida,Deleuze,Lyotard,Baudrillard, andBourdieu. He calls their work "anti-rational nihilism", saying that they desire to prevent an understanding of the world.[7]
He was influenced by French thinkerJean Baudrillard, who was his scientific supervisor in graduate school and later became a close friend. Oulahbib believes that Baudrillard's book,The Consumer Society (1970 in French, 1998 in English), is a groundbreaking work that is still relevant.[2] Since 2020, Oulahbib has been teaching Reading workshops: "The consumer society of Jean Baudrillard" atLe Collège Supérieur (Lyon).[8]
A Frenchman of Algerian descent, he is proud of his Berber and Christian origins, and a staunch defender of Berber cultural roots against Arab dominance.
A Frenchman of Algerian descent, he is proud of his Berber and Christian origins, and a staunch defender of Berber cultural roots against Arab dominance.
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