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Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France
Per-Erik Nilsson
(Author)
Description
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 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.
Product Details
Price
$32.20
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Publish Date
January 15, 2019
Pages
225
Dimensions
6.1 X 0.5 X 9.0 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781608461776
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About the Author
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).
