Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism French Modernist Legacies

In this timely study, Yolande Jansen critiques efforts to assimilate religious minorities into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere. Such efforts, she ably demonstrates, can create and perpetuate the very distinctions they aim to overcome. Her sophisticated analyses draw on literature that...

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Main Author: Jansen, Yolande (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2013
Series:IMISCOE Research
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