The Republic, Secularism and Security
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-94668-5 (ISBN)
The book argues that while this motto of the French Revolution is still symbolically and politically important, its practical significance as it has been translated to policy implementation has been eroded. It shows how the emergence of the new trinity at the expense of the old one is evident when analyzing the debates concerning cultural policies in France in the face of the Islamic garb, the burqa, and the niqab, which are perceived as a challenge to France's national secular raison d'être. Subsequently, the book raises various important questions, such as: Is the burqa and niqab ban socially just? Does it reasonably balance the preservation of societal values and freedom of conscience? What are the true motives behind the ban? Has the discourse changed in the age of COVID-19, when all people are required to wear a mask in the public space?
Therefore, this book is a must-read for students, scholars, and researchers of political science, as well as a general audience interested in a better understanding of French politics, elections, cultural policy, secularism, and identity.
lt;b>Raphael Cohen-Almagor is a Professor and Chair of Politics at the School of Politics and International Studies, and Founding Director of the Middle East Study Group, University of Hull (UK). He completed his DPhil in Political Theory at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford (UK). Cohen-Almagir taught, inter alia, at Oxford (UK), Jerusalem, Haifa (Israel), UCLA, Johns Hopkins (USA), and Nirma University (India). He also was a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC (USA), and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London (UK). In 2021-2022, he is Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and in 2023 will inhabit the Olof Palmes's Guest Professorship, Lund University (Sweden). Cohen-Almagor is the founder of Israel's "Second Generation to the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance" Organization, The University of Haifa Center for Democratic Studies, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Medical Ethics Think-tank, and The University of Hull Middle East Study Group. He has published extensively in the fields of politics, philosophy, media ethics, medical ethics, law, sociology, and history.
Introduction.- The Underpinning Values of the French Republic.- The Shaping of the Republic: The Influence of Colonialism, Immigration, and Terrorism.- Banning the Burga and the Niqab.- Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SpringerBriefs in Political Science |
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 66 p. 12 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 136 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Schlagworte | Colionalism • Cultural Policy • Emmanuel Macron • France • Francoise Hollande • French presidential elections • french republic • French Revolution • French values • Immigration • laïcité • liberté, égalité, fraternité • Liberty of religion • Multiculturalism • Muslims in France • Populism • Republicanism • terrorism |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-94668-1 / 3030946681 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-94668-5 / 9783030946685 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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