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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796544103321

Autore

Nilsson Per-Erik

Titolo

Unveiling the French Republic : national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France / / by Per-Erik Nilsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-35603-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Collana

Studies in Critical Research on Religion, , 1877-2129 ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

305.6/970944

Soggetti

Secularism - France

Islam - France

France Religion 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.