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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.

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Author:   Per-Erik Nilsson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   7
Weight:   0.511kg
ISBN:  

9789004325814

ISBN 10:   9004325816
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   09 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 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

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Per-Erik Nilsson, Ph.D (2012) is director and researcher at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism, Uppsala University. He has written and published extensively on the intersections of secularism, religion, and violence, including “Where’s Charlie?”, in the Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism (ed. James Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 2017).

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