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Europe's Encounter with Islam - The Secular and the Postsecular (Paperback, New)
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Europe's Encounter with Islam - The Secular and the Postsecular (Paperback, New)
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In the last few years, the Muslim presence in Europe has been
increasingly perceived as 'problematic'. Events such as the French
ban on headscarves in public schools, the publication of the
so-called 'Danish cartoons', and the speech of Pope Benedict XVI at
the University of Regensburg have hit the front pages of newspapers
the world over, and prompted a number of scholarly debates on
Muslims' capacity to comply with the seemingly neutral and
pluralistic rules of European secularity. Luca Mavelli argues that
this perspective has prevented an in-depth reflection on the limits
of Europe's secular tradition and its role in Europe's conflictual
encounter with Islam. Through an original reading of Michel
Foucault's spiritual notion of knowledge and an engagement with key
thinkers, from Thomas Aquinas to Jurgen Habermas, Mavelli
articulates a contending genealogy of European secularity. While
not denying the latter's achievements in terms of pluralism and
autonomy, he suggests that Europe's secular tradition has also
contributed to forms of isolation, which translate into Europe's
incapacity to perceive its encounter with Islam as an opportunity
rather than a threat. Drawing on this theoretical perspective,
Mavelli offers a contending account of some of the most important
recent controversies surrounding Islam in Europe and investigates
the 'postsecular' as a normative model to engage with the tensions
at the heart of European secularity. Finally, he advances the
possibility of a Europe willing to reconsider its established
secular narratives which may identify in the encounter with Islam
an opportunity to flourish and cultivate its democratic qualities
and postnational commitments. This work will be of great interest
to students and scholars of religion and international relations,
social and political theory, and Islam in Europe.
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