02610nam 2200493 450 991079654410332120230814221332.090-04-35603-710.1163/9789004356030(CKB)4100000000729627(MiAaPQ)EBC5124257 2017041335(nllekb)BRILL9789004356030(EXLCZ)99410000000072962720180130h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnveiling the French Republic national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France /by Per-Erik NilssonLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (225 pages)Studies in Critical Research on Religion,1877-2129 ;Volume 790-04-32581-6 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.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.Studies in critical social sciences.Studies in critical research on religion ;Volume 7.SecularismFranceIslamFranceFranceReligion21st centurySecularismIslam305.6/970944Nilsson Per-Erik1584510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796544103321Unveiling the French Republic3868398UNINA