Secularism, assimilation and the crisis of multiculturalism: French modernist legacies
Jansen's book shows how even the most sophisticated academic views defending secularism and assimilation remain rooted in unexamined 'modernist dichotomies' inherited from French (and to some extent, European) modernism -- Publisher's description
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam [Netherlands]
Amsterdam University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | IMISCOE Research
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| Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
Political aspects
B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General B Multiculturalism ; Political aspects B Secularism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Jansen, Yolande: Secularism, assimilation and the crisis of multiculturalism : French modernist legacies. - Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2013. - 339 pages. - 9789089645968 |
| Summary: | Jansen's book shows how even the most sophisticated academic views defending secularism and assimilation remain rooted in unexamined 'modernist dichotomies' inherited from French (and to some extent, European) modernism -- Publisher's description 1. Introduction: the crisis of multiculturalism, new assimilationism and secularism -- 2. Assimilation in the French sociology of incorporation from a multicultural perspective -- 3. The liberal sociology of assimilation and citizenship and its transnationalist alternatives -- 4. Alfred Bloch's personal integration test at the threshold of his friend's home -- 5. Stuck in a revolving door -- 6. Elements of a critique of the laïcité-religion framework -- 7. Secularism, sociology and security -- 8. The highly precarious structure of assimilation: modernist philosophical schemes, memory and the Proustian narrative -- 9. Concluding remarks |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9089645969 |