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Unveiling the French Republic : national identity. secularism, and Islam in contemporary France /
The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003-4 and 2009-2011), which led to the banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression.0...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Everybody Welcome to France; Part I. Approaching French Secularism; 1. (French) Secularism; Secularization, the Secular, and Secularism; Secularism(s); Critique; Incongruities; Contradictions; A Western Gaze?; Previous Research on the Islamic Veil Affairs and Secularism; Analyzing Secularism; A Critical Approach to Secularism; Secularism as Governmentality; Secularism as Discourse; 2. A Shield Against Alterity.
- The Islamic Veil Affairs; 1989; 2003-2004; 2007-2011; State Feminism and the Other-Woman; Alterity and Communitarianism; Nation, Assimilation; Part II. The First Islamic Veil Affair; 3. Ideological Battle Flags; A New and Unwanted Situation; Post-Christian Islamic Challenges; A Question of Integration?; Manipulation; Islamic Communitarianism; A Glocalized World; Particular Versus National Law; Discrimination and Violence; Over T/here; Attacking Secularism; Behind the Veil; What Does It Represent?
- Why Do They Wear It?; Conclusion; 4. Inventing Secularism; An Unruly March Towards Unity; From Clash to Atonement; Exceptionality; The Cornerstone of the Republic; (Forced) Liberty; Equality and Neutrality; Brotherhood, Integration and French Communitarianism; Legislation, Education; Consensus; Urgency; Legislative Pedagogy; An Anti-Islamic Law?; Conclusion; Part III. The Second Islamic Veil Affair; 5. The Tip of the Iceberg; New Times, Old Threats; The Return of Religion; Over T/here; Stigmatization?; Walking Coffins.
- A Religious and/or Political Symbol; An Attack on the Republic's Principles and the Dignity of Women; Voluntary Submission; Conclusion; 6. (Re)Inventing Secularism; The History of a Christian Civilization; A Christian Nation; Historical Emancipation; The Motor of Limited Tolerance; Respecting a Value, Respecting a Principle; Diversity, Positive Secularism and Tolerance; Faith, Hope, and Unity; Legislate, Educate!; Reaffirmation; Legitimacy; Securing Public Order; Conclusion; Part IV. Consequences.
- 7. Social Contracts, National Borders and Illiberal Governmentality; National Frontiers and Social Contracts; Discursive Displacement and Liberal Faith; Post-Political Expansion; Romantic Ideals and Secularist Retaliation; Bibliography; Index.