Revealing Democracy

Description

Anxieties over the Islamic face covering and over the proper management of otherness in liberal democracies seem to have reached a new peak with the introduction of legislation banning the burka in France and Belgium, and recent proposals for similar statutes in Quebec. What assumptions are contained within Western secularism and revealed in these attempts at legislating women's religious clothing ? This book presents a collection of essays which take secularism/laïcité and the regulation of public expressions of religious commitment as their points of departure, exploring the issues these raise within society with a view informing the public debate and reflecting on the nature of citizenship.

Détails

Auteur: Chantal Maillé

Editeur: Peter Lang AG

Collection: PLG.HUMANITIES

Format: Broché

Presentation: Broché

Date de parution: 27 Janvier 2009

Nombre de pages: 176

Dimensions: 22 x 15 x 1

Prix publique: 48,15 €

Information complémentaires

Classification: Sciences humaines et sociales, Lettres > Sciences sociales

Code Classification: 3080 > 3081

EAN-13: 9782875741271