"This book casts a great deal of light on the events leading up to
the French law banning Muslim headscarves in schools. Bowen takes
us through the strange and often distorted debate that culminated
in the decision to pass a new law. He shows the roots of this
decision in French history and politics, with a marvelous eye for
nuance and a sensitivity to the many positions which clashed in the
debate. The result is a work that not only is tremendously
important for an understanding of France today, but that also has
relevance for similar debates that are now in train in many other
Western societies."--Charles Taylor, Northwestern University
"This book, ostensibly an account of the French debates on
Muslim headscarves in public schools, is a thoughtful and deep
probe into French political culture, the legacy of colonialism, and
the difficulty for a state that refuses to recognize communal
differences in the public sphere to accommodate millions of Muslim
immigrants. It is a timely, learned, and provocative
work."--Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University
"France's decision to ban religious signs in public schools was
quite puzzling, if not downright crazy, to many outsiders. In "Why
the French Don't Like Headscarves," John Bowen manages to make
sense of the apparent madness by carefully tracing the disparate
threads of the issue, in particular by replacing the debate within
the specific French context of the long, complicated relationship
between Church and State. This book should be read by all those who
seek a fair and comprehensive analysis of the headscarves decision
and of the broader question of the place of Muslims in contemporary
French society."--Sophie Meunier, PrincetonUniversity, author of
"The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization"
"This extremely important book brings us a fresh and innovative
analysis of its subject. What is new is that it is not by a French
scholar--who would be immersed in the heated passions of the
issue--but by an American anthropologist who decodes for us the
chronology and the political and philosophical foundations of this
particular debate."--Malika Zeghal, University of Chicago Divinity
School, author of "Les islamistes marocains"
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