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The Republic, Secularism and Security - France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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The Republic, Secularism and Security - France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the
French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican
secular raison d'etre. It makes general arguments about France's
changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa and niqab
ban. The book further explains how French history shaped the
ideology of secularism and of public civil religion, and how
colonial legacy, immigration, fear of terrorism, and security needs
have led France to adopt the trinity of indivisibilite, securite,
laicite while paying homage to the traditional trinity of liberte,
egalite, fraternite. 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'etre.
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.
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