Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The first comprehensive analysis of the philosophical issues raised by the hijab controversy in France, this book also conducts a dialogue between contemporary Anglo-American and French political theory and defends a progressive republican solution to so-called multicultural conflicts in contemporary societies. It critically assesses the official republican philosophy of la--iuml--;cit--eacute--; which purported to justify the 2004 ban on religious signs in schools.La--iuml--;cit--eacute--; is shown to encompass a comprehensive theory of republican citizenship, centered on three ideals: equali

Hijab (Islamic clothing) --- Muslim women --- Political science --- Multiculturalism --- Culture conflict. --- Conflict management. --- Clothing. --- Philosophy. --- France --- Politics and government. --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Social conflict --- Crisis management --- Cultural conflict --- Culture wars --- Conflict of cultures --- Intercultural conflict --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Head scarves, Islamic --- Head scarves, Muslim --- Headscarves, Islamic --- Headscarves, Muslim --- Islamic head scarves --- Islamic headscarves --- Islamic scarves --- Muslim head scarves --- Muslim headscarves --- Muslim scarves --- Scarves, Islamic --- Scarves, Muslim --- Islamic clothing and dress --- Burqas (Islamic clothing) --- Kerchiefs --- Purdah --- Veils --- Government policy --- Clothing

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Metaphysics --- Phenomenology --- Philosophy, Modern

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Until now, there has been no direct and extensive engagement with the category of religion from liberal political philosophy. Over the last thirty years or so, liberals have tended to analyze religion under proximate categories such as 'conceptions of the good' (in debates about neutrality) or 'culture' (in debates about multiculturalism). US constitutional lawyers and French political theorists both tackled the category of religion head-on (under First Amendment jurisprudence and the political tradition of laïcité, respectively) but neither of these specialized national discourses found their way into mainstream liberal political philosophy.This is somewhat paradoxical because key liberal notions (state sovereignty, toleration, individual freedom, the rights of conscience, public reason) were elaborated as a response to 17th Century European Wars of Religion, and the fundamental structure of liberalism is rooted in the western experience of politico-religious conflict. So a reappraisal of this tradition - and of its validity in the light of contemporary challenges - is well overdue. This book offers the first extensive engagement with religion from liberal political philosophers. The volume analyzes, from within the liberal philosophical tradition itself, the key notions of conscience, public reason, non-establishment, and neutrality. Insofar as the contemporary religious revival is seen as posing a challenge to liberalism, it seems more crucial than ever to explore the specific resources that the liberal tradition has to answer it.

Sociology of religion --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Negotiating religious diversity, as well as negotiating different forms and degrees of commitment to religious belief and identity, constitutes a major challenge for all societies. Recent developments such as the ‘de-secularisation’ of the world, the transformation and globalisation of religion and the attacks of September 11 have made religious claims and religious actors much more visible in the public sphere. This volume provides multiple perspectives on the processes through which religious communities create or defend their place in a given society, both in history and in our world today. Offering a critical, cross-disciplinary investigation into processes of negotiating religion and religious diversity, the contributors present new insights on the meaning and substance of negotiation itself. This volume draws on diverse historical, sociological, geographic, legal and political theoretical approaches to take a close look at the religious and political agents involved in such processes as well as the political, social and cultural context in which they take place. Its focus on the European experiences that have shaped not only the history of ‘negotiating religion’ in this region but also around the world, provides new perspectives for critical inquiries into the way in which contemporary societies engage with religion. This study will be of interest to academics, lawyers and scholars in law and religion, sociology, politics and religious history.

Religions --- Religion and sociology --- Interfaith relations. --- Religions. --- Religion and sociology. --- 11.05 sociology of religion. --- Relations. --- Europe. --- Sociologie religieuse --- Relations