Lucien-Samir Oulahbib

Lucien-Samir Oulahbib (born 1956, in Aïn El Hammam, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) is a French sociologist, political scientist, writer and journalist who taught at the University Lyon 3, from 2007 until 2019. He taught at the University Paris X from 2005 to 2007 and now teaches at Albert le Grand Institute. He manages Dogma philosophy journal together with Isabelle Saillot.

His writings tackle contemporary French nihilism, radical Islamism, and antisemitism. Lucien Oulahbib's academic interests range from sociology, political philosophy, philosophy of law, geopolitics, international relations, communication and information philosophy to theology and nihilism.

Early life Lucien-Samir Oulahbib was born in 1956 in northern Algeria into a Berber Christian family. In 1956, his family with a newborn child emigrated to France at the time of the Algerian War. In 1969 they were reintegrated for French citizenship. His father was the head of a construction company, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher.

Oulahbib is a supporter of the Berber movement, which defends Berber cultural roots against Arab dominance. Many of his works are devoted to this topic.

Education L.-S. Oulahbib holds a master's degree in sociology and economics from the Paris Nanterre University (1984) under the direction of Jean Baudrillard; M.A.S. (1985) under the direction of Jean Baechler (Paris IV Sorbonne), François Bourricaud (Paris IV) and Alain Besançon (EHESS).

He was influenced by French thinker Jean 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.

Publications

Ethique Et Épistémologie du Nihilisme: les Meurtriers du Sens. L'Harmattan. 2002, 399 p. Le Nihilisme Français Contemporain Fondements Et Illustrations. L'Harmattan. 2003, 164 p. La philosophie cannibale: la théorie du mensonge, de la mutilation, ou l'appropriation totalitaire chez Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, Lyotard. La Table Ronde. 2006, 218 p. Méthode d'évaluation du développement humain. L'Harmattan. 2006, 176 p. Le monde arabe existe-t-il ? : Histoire paradoxale des Berbères. Éditions de Paris, 2007, 214 p. Actualité de Pierre Janet : En quoi est-il plus important que Freud pour les sciences morales et politiques. L'Harmattan. 2009, 268 p. Le politiquement correct français: épistémologie d'une crypto-religion. L'Harmattan. 2012, 152 p.