Unveiling the French Republic : national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France /
Nilsson, Per-Erik.
Unveiling the French Republic : national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France / by Per-Erik Nilsson. - 1 online resource. - Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 7 . - Studies in Critical Research on Religion 7. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353367. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Everybody Welcome to France -- Approaching French Secularism -- (French) Secularism -- A Shield Against Alterity -- The First Islamic Veil Affair -- Ideological Battle Flags -- Inventing Secularism -- The Second Islamic Veil Affair -- The Tip of the Iceberg -- (Re)Inventing Secularism -- Consequences -- Social Contracts, National Borders and Illiberal Governmentality.
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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. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France , Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique, for the most part, is not on the decision of Muslim women to wear the veil but rather on the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice.
9789004356030
10.1163/9789004356030 DOI
2017041335
Secularism--France.
Islam--France.
France--Religion--21st century.
BL980.F8 / N55 2017
305.6/970944
Unveiling the French Republic : national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France / by Per-Erik Nilsson. - 1 online resource. - Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 7 . - Studies in Critical Research on Religion 7. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353367. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Everybody Welcome to France -- Approaching French Secularism -- (French) Secularism -- A Shield Against Alterity -- The First Islamic Veil Affair -- Ideological Battle Flags -- Inventing Secularism -- The Second Islamic Veil Affair -- The Tip of the Iceberg -- (Re)Inventing Secularism -- Consequences -- Social Contracts, National Borders and Illiberal Governmentality.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France , Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique, for the most part, is not on the decision of Muslim women to wear the veil but rather on the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice.
9789004356030
10.1163/9789004356030 DOI
2017041335
Secularism--France.
Islam--France.
France--Religion--21st century.
BL980.F8 / N55 2017
305.6/970944