Secularism, assimilation and the crisis of multiculturalism: French modernist legacies
This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere may be self-subverting. To flesh out t...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
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 Multiculturalism ; Political aspects B Secularism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789089645968 |
| Summary: | This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere may be self-subverting. To flesh out this insight, Jansen draws on the paradoxes of assimilation as experienced by the French Jews in the late 19th century through a contextualised reading of Proust's In Search of Lost Time. She proposes a dynamic, critical multiculturalism as an alternative to discourses focusing on secularism, assimilation and integration. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020) |
| ISBN: | 9048522137 |