| Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism: French Modernist Legacies Contributor(s): Jansen, Yolande (Author), Imiscoe Aup Royaltyfonds (Other) |
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ISBN: 9089645969 ISBN-13: 9789089645968 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $60.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 320.09 |
| Series: IMISCOE Research |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere may be self-subverting. To flesh out this insight, Jansen draws on the paradoxes of assimilation as experienced by the French Jews in the late 19th century through a contextualised reading of Proust's In Search of Lost Time. She proposes a dynamic, critical multiculturalism as an alternative to discourses focusing on secularism, assimilation and integration. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jansen, Yolande: - Yolande Jansen is the Socrates Professor of Humanism in Relation to Religion and Secularity at the VU University Amsterdam and a senior researcher at the Amsterdam Center for Globalization Studies at the University of Amsterdam. |