Unveiling The French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary Fra ce
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Unveiling The French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary Fra ce
By (Author) Per-Erik Nilsson
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
31st January 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social discrimination and social justice
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
European history
Physical Properties
Paperback
225
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003 4 and 2009 2011), which led to the banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France, Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs.
Author Bio
Per-Erik Nilsson, Ph.D (2012) is director and researcher at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism, Uppsala University. He has written and published extensively on the intersections of secularism, religion, and violence, including Wheres Charlie, in theCambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism(ed. James Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 2017).
