Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar teaches at the University of Paris-VIII and is author of "The Clash Of Barbarisms" and "Eastern Cauldron" (Monthly Review Press, New York, 2002 and 2004)
David Barsamian seems to have interviewed him for Monthly Review. Seems to also have been on Democracy Now, Juan Cole's blog, among other places.
Here's the University of Paris-VIII web site:
Unfortunately for me, it's in French, so I have no clue on finding faculty members through it.
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