Bruno Étienne was a French

France

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 sociologist and a political analyst. He was a specialist of Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, Islam

Islam

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 and anthropology

Anthropology

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 of the religious fact.

He graduated in Arabic-language and political sciences at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence

Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence

The Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence , also known as the Institut d'études politiques or "Sciences Po Aix", is a grande école in political sciences, established in 1956 in the premises of the former Faculty of Law of the Université de Provence, France...

 and the University of Tunis

Tunis

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. Bruno Étienne was a researcher in Cairo

Cairo

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 and was a teacher at the ENA-Algiers, at the Law Faculty of Algiers and the universities of Casablanca

Casablanca

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 and Marmara

Marmara

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. He was also director of researches at the CNRS.

Teacher at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, he was the founder and was director until 2006 of the Observatoire du religieux. Bruno Étienne was also member of the Institut universitaire de France

Institut Universitaire de France

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Bruno Étienne was the founder of a school of researchers in Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence

Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...

 including Raphaël Liogier

Raphaël Liogier

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, Jocelyne Cesari and Frank Fregosi. Gilles Kepel was also under his influence.

He was member of the Grand Orient de France

Grand Orient de France

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 and was a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

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External links

• A tribute to Bruno Étienne, articles on Observatoire du Religieux Bruno Étienne association Interview on La pensée du Midi "France-Algérie, les douleurs de la mémoire" on La pensée du Midi "Étrange étrangeté d'une mère non étrangère" on La pensée du Midi "Fondement du politique en méditerranée" on La pensée du Midi "Fin du politique ou fin de la politique ?" on La pensée du Midi "Lois mémorielles ou abus de mémoire ?" on LDH-Toulon "Marseille ou l’Orient à domicile !" on LDH-Toulon "Pape : la ferveur et la laïcité" on Le Monde "Sans pères ni repères les groupes de pairs créent des repaires/repères", on La Science Politique