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

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Jansen, Yolande (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Meijer, Eva (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Amsterdam [Netherlands] Amsterdam University Press 2013
Dans:Année: 2013
Collection/Revue:IMISCOE Research
Sujets non-standardisés:B Multiculturalism Political aspects
B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
B Multiculturalism ; Political aspects
B Secularism
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
Édition parallèle:Print version: Jansen, Yolande: Secularism, assimilation and the crisis of multiculturalism : French modernist legacies. - Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2013. - 339 pages. - 9789089645968
Description
Résumé: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
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9089645969