Professor Gilbert Achcar
BA(LYON) BA MA (LEBANESE UNIVERSITY BEIRUT) PHD (PARIS VIII)
Overview
Department of Development Studies
(Professor of Development Studies and International Relations)
Political economy and sociology of globalisation; global power structure and grand strategy; empire theory and US hegemony; politics and development of the Middle East and North Africa; sociology of religion; Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism; social change and social theory
Contact Details
- Name:
- Professor Gilbert Achcar
- Email address:
- ga3@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4557
- Address:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 292b
- Office Hours:
- Monday 2-4
Interests / Disciplines
Gilbert has degrees in Philosophy (ESL, Beirut), Social Sciences (UL, Beirut) and Social History/International Relations (University of Paris-VIII). He taught and/or researched in various universities and research centres in Beirut, Berlin and Paris. Gilbert's research interests and publication topics include: the political economy and sociology of globalisation, the global power structure and grand strategy, empire theory and the unfolding of US hegemony globally and in the ‘Broader Middle East’, politics and development economics of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the sociology of religion in general, of Islam and Islamic fundamentalism in particular, social change and social theory.
Gilbert's books have been published in Arabic, Chinese (Mainland and Taiwan), English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Urdu
Teaching
Students supervised
Programmes Convened
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Regional Expertise
- Africa
- Global
- Near and Middle East
Country Expertise
- United States of America
Languages
- French
Publications
Authored Books
Achcar, Gilbert and Chomsky, Noam (2009) Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy. Dialogues on Terror, Democracy ,War, and Justice. [2nd augmented edition.]. Boulder; London: Paradigm Publishers.
Achcar, Gilbert and Chomsky, N. (2007) Perilous Power. The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy. Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War and Justice. Boulder: Hamish Hamilton (Penguin) & Paradigm Publishers.
Achcar, Gilbert and Warschawski, Michel (2007) The 33-Day War: Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and its Consequences. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers; London: Saqi.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) The Clash of Barbarisms. The Making of the New World Disorder. Saqi Books and Paradigm Publishers.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) The Israeli Dilemma: A Debate between Two Left-Wing Jews: letters between Marcel Liebman and Ralph Miliband, Selected, with an introduction and epilogue by Gilbert Achcar. London: Merlin Press.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Eastern Cauldron. Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq in a Marxist Mirror. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Le Choc des barbaries. Terrorismes et désordre mondial. Paris: 10-18.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) Eastern Cauldron: Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq in a Marxist Mirror [L’Orient incandescent. Le Moyen-Orient au miroir marxiste]. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) Le Choc des barbaries. Terrorismes et désordre mondial [The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder]. Brussels: Complexe.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) La Nouvelle Guerre froide. Le monde après le Kosovo. Paris: Presses universitaires de France.
Edited Books
Achcar, Gilbert and Simon, Dagmar and Veil, Mechthild, eds. (2005) Arbeitsmarkt, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Familienpolitik und die Geschlechterfrage: deutsch-französische Konvergenzen und Divergenzen. Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).
Achcar, Gilbert and Gresh, Alain and Radvanyi, Jean and Rekacewicz, Philippe and Vidal, Dominique, eds. (2003) L’Atlas du Monde diplomatique. Paris: Armand Colin.
Achcar, Gilbert, ed. (2003) Le Nouvel Ordre Impérial. Dossier. Actuel Marx, no. 33. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, pp. 15-24.
Achcar, Gilbert, ed. (1999) The Legacy of Ernest Mandel. London; New York: Verso.
Chapters in Books
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'Azmat al-Qiyada wa al-Bada’il.' In: Al-Yasar al-'Arabi fi Muwajahat al-‘Awlama al-Niulibiraliyya. Beirut: Al-Farabi, pp. 94-102.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'Religion and Politics Today from a Marxian Perspective.' In: Panitch, Leo and Leys, Colin, (eds.), Socialist Register 2008: Global Flashpoints: Reactions to Imperialism and Neoliberalism. New York: Monthly Review Press, pp. 55-76.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) 'Religion and Politics Today from a Marxian Perspective.' In: Panitch, Leo and Leys, Colin, (eds.), Global Flashpoints: Reactions to Imperialism and Neoliberalism. Halifax (Canada): Fernwood Publishing; London: Merlin Press; New York: Monthly Review Press, pp. 55-76.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) 'The United States Should Withdraw from Iraq.' In: Friedman, Lauri, (ed.), The Middle East (Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints). Detroit: Greenhaven, pp. 85-90.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) 'Marxism, its Outsiders Kracauer and Mills and the Sociology of Office Workers.' In: Jour fixe Initiative Berlin,, (ed.), Gespenst Subjekt (German). Münster: UNRAST-Verlag, pp. 39-79.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) 'Preface.' In: Afīf Farrāj, The Oriental Roots of Greek Culture (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Adāb, pp. 11-15.
Achcar, Gilbert and Cherif, Maher and Ghalioun, Burhan and Mroué, Karim (2007) 'Ikhfāq al-Mashru‘ al-Tanwīri fi al-Mintaqa al-‘Arabiyya wa Shurūt Istinhādihi.' In: Azmat al-Nizām al-‘Arabi wa Ishkāliyyāt al-Nahda (Arabic). Beirut: Al-Intishar al-Arabi, pp. 99-112.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Le reazioni all'Olocausto nel Medio Oriente arabo. [The Reactions to the Holocaust in the Arab Middle East].' In: Cattaruzza, M. and Flores, M. and Sullam, S. L. and Traverso, E., (eds.), Storia della Shoah. La crisi dell'Europa, lo sterminio degli ebrei e la memoria del XX secolo. UTET Libreria, pp. 869-900.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Reactions to the Nazi Judeocide in the Arab Middle East.' In: Cattaruzza, Marina and Flores, Marcello and Sullam, Simon Lewis and Traverso, Enzo, (eds.), Storia della Shoah. La crisi dell’Europa, lo sterminio degli ebrei e la memoria del XX secolo (in Italian). Torino UTET Libreria, pp. 869-900.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Seven Theses on the Current Period, the War and the Anti-War Movement.' In: Falk, Richard and Gendzier, Irene and Lifton, Robert Jay, (eds.), Crimes of War: Iraq. New York: Nation Books, pp. 315-322.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'The Clash of Barbarisms.' In: Tuathail, Gearoid O. and Dalby, Simon and Routledge, Paul, (eds.), The Geopolitics Reader. London: Routledge, pp. 270-274.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Three texts in the 2nd edition of L’Atlas.' In: Le Monde diplomatique. Paris: Le Monde, 42-43, 50-51, 54-55.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Libanon: die gefährlichen Auswirkungen der US-Einmischung [Interview].' In: Nahost Reader. Berlin: Achse des Friedens, pp. 12-16.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Guerre impériale et guerre sociale: trois propositions et une espérance.' In: Bidet, Jacques, (ed.), Guerre impériale Guerre sociale. Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 27-30.
Achcar, Gilbert and Simon, Dagmar and Veil, Mechthild (2005) 'Introduction.' In: Arbeitsmarkt, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Familienpolitik und die Geschlechterfrage: deutsch-französische Konvergenzen und Divergenzen. Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), pp. 5-10.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) '‘Empire’.' In: Hermansen, Christian, (ed.), Encyclopaedia Universalis, vol. 1. Paris: Encyclopaedia Universalis, pp. 325-326.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) 'Le Nouvel Ordre Impérial ou la mondialisation de l’Empire états-unien.' In: Nielsberg, Jérôme-Alexandre, (ed.), Violences impériales et lutte de classes. Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 47-59.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) 'Marx et Engels face à la guerre.' In: Spire, Arnaud, (ed.), Marx contemporain. Paris: Syllepse, pp. 171-184.
Achcar, Gilbert and Amin, Samir and Chomsky, Noam and Dumenil, Gerard and Foster, John Bellamy and Gilardi, Paolo and Levy, Dominique and Magdoff, Harry and McChesney, Robert W. (2003) 'Le Nouvel Ordre Impérial ou la mondialisation de l’Empire états-unien.' In: Le Nouvel Ordre Impérial. Actuel Marx, no. 33. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, pp. 15-24.
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) 'La militarisation du monde et les nouvelles conditions de la paix.' In: Amin, Samir and Houtart, François, (eds.), Mondialisation des résistances: L’état des luttes 2002. Paris: L’Harmattan, pp. 257-266.
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) 'The Clash of Barbarisms.' In: Bilek, Anita and Graf, Wilfried and Neumann, Alexander, (eds.), Kritik des Gewalt Friedenspolitik im Zeichen von Krieg und Terror. Vienna: Promedia, pp. 40-71.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) 'Paix et sécurité.' In: Histoire et sens de la construction européenne. French Ministry of European Affairs, pp. 228-230.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) '‘La Commune de Paris – 1871’, ‘La révolution russe de 1905’ and ‘La guerre d’Espagne – 1936’.' In: Lowy, Michael, (ed.), Révolutions. Paris: Hazan, 23-33, 69-77, 355-367.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) 'L’esprit (et le budget) d’une nouvelle guerre froide.' In: De La Gorce, Paul-Marie, (ed.), Les États-Unis s’en vont-ils en guerre. Brussels: GRIP-Complexe, pp. 75-84.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) 'Introduction. Ernest Mandel (1923-1995): un portrait intellectuel.' In: Achcar, Gilbert, (ed.), The Legacy of Ernest Mandel. London; New York: Verso, pp. 3-15.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) 'Coup d’État et mouvement populaire’ in Octobre 1917.' In: Drweski, Bruno, (ed.), Causes, impact, prolongements. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, pp. 14-20.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) 'Le monde selon Washington.' In: Lelièvre, Henri, (ed.), Les États-Unis, maîtres du monde? Brussels: Complexe, pp. 133-144.
Achcar, Gilbert (1997) 'Engels, penseur de la guerre, penseur de la révolution.' In: Labica, Georges and Delbraccio, Mireille, (eds.), Friedrich Engels, savant et révolutionnaire. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 139-160.
Articles
Achcar, Gilbert (2009) 'Egypt’s Recent Growth: An ‘Emerging Success Story’?' Development Viewpoint (22).
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'États-Unis – L’assurance ultime : la suprématie militaire’ Interview.' La Brèche (3). pp. 14-20.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'The U.S. is sowing the seeds of a long term tragedy [Interview].' Mesele (18). pp. 15-22.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'Orientalism in Reverse: Post-1979 Trends in French Orientalism.' Mouvements (54). pp. 128-144.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) 'The Deepening Crisis: Islam and the Structure of Global Power’ [Roundtable discussion].' The Humanist, 68 (2). pp. 16-20.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Liban: Les desseins impériaux à l’épreuve du réel [Interview].' Mouvements (47/48). pp. 158-166.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Corcuff et la théorie du complot.' ContreTemps (17). pp. 159-170.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Die Lage im Irak.' Inamo (47). pp. 47-50.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Der 33-Tage Krieg und die Resolution 1701 des UN-Sicherheitsrats.' Imano (47). pp. 28-31.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) 'Die „besondere Beziehung“ zwischen den USA und Israel.' Inamo (45). pp. 38-42.
Achcar, Gilbert and Shalom, Stephen (2006) 'Getting Out of Iraq.' New Politics, 10 (4). pp. 5-10.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Las relaciones internacionales hoy. ¿Quién diría que éste es un mundo más seguro? [Interview].' Revista Internacional de Filosofía Política (25). pp. 140-146.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Entretien avec Gilbert Achcar. Mondialisation, ordre mondial et mouvement de la paix.' Variations: Revue internationale de théorie critique. Barbaries, résurgences, résistances (1). pp. 61-68.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Marxismes et Religion, hier et aujourd’hui.' ContreTemps. À quels saints se vouer? Espaces publics et religions (12). pp. 176-189.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Sofortiger Rückzug der US-Truppen aus dem Irak?! Eine Debatte zwischen Juan Cole und Gilbert Achcar.' Inamo (44). pp. 27-30.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) 'Où va l’Irak? L’occupation états-unienne et le mouvement anti-guerre après les élections.' Une Suisse sans armée, bulletin du GSSA (65).
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) 'Maxime Rodinson: Sur l’intégrisme islamique – Un entretien inédit’ in ‘Islam et modernité [Maxime Rodinson on Islamic "Fundamentalism" - An Unpublished Interview with Gilbert Achcar].' Mouvements (36). pp. 72-76.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) 'US Imperial Strategy in the Middle East.' Monthly Review, 55 (9). pp. 23-36.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) 'Lettre à un/e militant/e antiguerre passablement déprimé/e.' Le Passant Ordinaire (45/46). pp. 10-11.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) 'La guerre d’Irak et l’instauration d’un "nouvel ordre impérial" [Interview].' Mouvements (22). pp. 6-7.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) 'Sur le mouvement anti-guerre et ses perspectives: réponse à Perry Anderson.' Mouvements (27/28). 142-164].
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) 'La mondialisation de la “manifest destiny” des États-Unis.' Recherches internationales (4). pp. 49-53.
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) 'Engels: theorist of war, theorist of revolution.' International Socialism (97). pp. 69-89.
Achcar, Gilbert (2002) 'Le Choc des barbaries. Le 11 septembre et ses lendemains.' Contretemps (3). pp. 9-28.
Achcar, Gilbert (2001) 'The Spirit (and the Budget) of a New Cold War.' The Spokesman (70). pp. 28-33.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) 'Le “pessimisme historique” de Perry Anderson.' Actuel Marx (28). pp. 196-202.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) 'Is NATO’s Onslaught a “Just War”?' Monthly Review, 51 (2). pp. 15-19.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) 'La sociologie du pouvoir chez Ibn Khaldoun – une lecture wébérienne.' Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie, 107 . pp. 369-388.
Other
Achcar, Gilbert (2009) The Crisis in Gaza: An Interview with Gilbert Achcar. Irish Left Review. 17 January 2009.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) Un’aggressione premeditata. II Manifesto, Rome. 30 December 2008.
Achcar, Gilbert (2008) ‘La crisi a Beirut non è chiusa, ci vuole il dialogo, anche con Damasco’. [Interview]. Il Manifesto, Rome. 29 May 2008.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) On the Middle East: An Interview with Gilbert Achcar. State of Nature. Autumn 2007.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) Lebanon at a Crossroads. Red Pepper.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) Pour un modèle social européen. Politis. 1st November.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) Q&A: ‘U.S. Politics Turning Communities Against Each Other’, interview with Gilbert Achcar. Inter Press Service. 23 November 2007.
Achcar, Gilbert (2007) The Iraqi Debacle [Interview]. ZNet. 22 January 2007.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) Lebanon: The 33-Day War and UNSC Resolution 1701. ZNet 16 August 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) The Sinking Ship of U.S. Imperial Designs. ZNet, 6 August 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) A Gaza e Beirut, barbarie asimmetrica [Interview]. Il Manifesto, 28 July 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) La question des milices. Les territoires occupés. La présence de l’ONU [Interview]. L’Humanité-Dimanche, 27 July 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) Libano sull’orlo di una guerra civile. Decisivo il ruolo del governo [Interview]. Liberazione, 18 July 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) The Failure of the Enlightenment Project in the Arab Region and the conditions of its Resurrection (in Arabic). Arab dailies, 16 June and Al-Quds al-Arabi, 26 June..
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) An Interview with Gilbert Achcar [Interview]. State of Nature, Spring 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) El choque de barbaries. Diagonal, Madrid. n.25, 2-15 March.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) First Reflections on the Electoral Victory of Hamas. ZNet, 27 January 2006.
Achcar, Gilbert (2006) Iraq: The Case for Immediate Withdrawal [interview]. World War 4 Report. 1st January .
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) Assessing China. ZNet, 25 June 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) Chances et aléas du printemps arabe. Le Monde diplomatique, July 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) Whither Iraq? The US occupation and the antiwar movement after the election. ZNet, 25 February 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) On the Forthcoming Election in Iraq. ZNet, 3 January 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) Second Reply To Alex Callinicos. ZNet, 23 January 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2005) Reply To Alex Callinicos. ZNet, 19 January 2005.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Seven theses on the current period, the war and the anti-war movement. ZNet, 9 September.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) The Late French Orientalist Maxime Rodinson and the Issues of Political Islam and Fundamentalism (in Arabic). Al Hayat, London, 5 September.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) O Atoleiro Iraquiano [Interview]. Movimento, (1), pp. 38-41.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Irak: L’impérialisme américain dans un bourbier [Interview]. La Brèche, June 2004.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Self-Deception and Selective Expertise: Bush’s Cakewalk into the Iraq Quagmire. CounterPunch. 5 May.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) Le nouveau masque de la politique américaine au Proche-Orient. Le Monde diplomatique, April 2004.
Achcar, Gilbert (2004) La perspective d'un monde où les nations vivront en harmonie. L’Humanité. 20 February.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) Le nouvel embourbement américain [Interview]. L’Humanité, 14 November.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) Au pays du prophète, des princes, du pétrole et de ben Laden [Interview]. Alternatives; 10 (4), December.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) Europa después de la guerra de Irak [Interview]. Accion, Buenos Aires, 2d fortnight of June.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) Vasallen rykker lidt i laenken [Interview]. Salt, Copenhagen, June.
Achcar, Gilbert (2003) L’OTAN à la conquête de l’Est. Le Monde diplomatique January.
Achcar, Gilbert (2001) La construction de la «coalition contre le terrorisme»: Jeu triangulaire entre Washington, Moscou et Pékin. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (2001) Morosité "fin de siècle". Le Monde diplomatique. March 2001.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) Le monde au seuil du XXIe siècle. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (2000) Le visage inquiétant du nouveau siècle. Interview, Avancées, Brussels, February 2000.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) L’OTAN: Toujours plus à l’Est’. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (1999) The Age of Extremes, the Age of Massacres [in Arabic]. An-Nahar 2000 special supplement of An-Nahar, Beirut, 20 December.
Achcar, Gilbert (1998) Le spectre du 'bioterrorisme’. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (1997) Les multiples visages de l’intégrisme islamique. Contribution au colloque « Contre les intégrismes », organisée par Alternatives à Montréal les 30, 31 octobre et le 1er novembre 1997.
Achcar, Gilbert (1997) Le monde arabe orphelin de la démocratie. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (1995) Les Nations unies au fil des objectifs américains. Le Monde diplomatique.
Achcar, Gilbert (1994) Series of interviews on Islamic Fundamentalism by Oral Çalislar. Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, 15, 16 et 17 August.
