The republic unsettled: Islam, secularism, and the future of France

✍ Scribed by Fernando, Mayanthi L

Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 326
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Field notes I: "Vive la République plurielle? -- "The republic is mine" -- Indifference, or the right to citizenship -- Field notes II: Friday prayers -- A memorial to the future -- Reconfiguring freedom -- Field notes III: a tale of two manifestos -- Of mimicry and woman -- Asymmetries of tolerance.

✦ Table of Contents

Field notes I: "Vive la République plurielle? --
"The republic is mine" --
Indifference, or the right to citizenship --
Field notes II: Friday prayers --
A memorial to the future --
Reconfiguring freedom --
Field notes III: a tale of two manifestos --
Of mimicry and woman --
Asymmetries of tolerance.

✦ Subjects

Islam;Islam--France;Muslims;Muslims--France;Secularism;Secularism--France;Muslims -- France;Islam -- France;Secularism -- France;France

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