French Secularism in Debate

Old Wine in New Bottles

in French Politics, Culture & Society
Author:
Véronique Dimier

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2008.260109
Keywords:
FRANCE; LAÏCITÉ; COLONIAL POLICY; ALGÉRIE
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This article deals with two debates at two different moments in history: the recent 2004 debate on a law proposed by the Chirac government that aimed at forbidding any religious signs (including the Islamic headscarf) worn in an ostensible way at school; and the 1892 debate on native education in Algeria and the opportunity to have a Koran teacher at school. At stake in both debates were two conceptions of Republican laïcité (secularism), one assimilationist, the other more pragmatic.

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
19
Keywords:
FRANCE; LAÏCITÉ; COLONIAL POLICY; ALGÉRIE
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2008
Online Publication Date:
01 Mar 2008
Copyright:
© the Institute of French Studies at New York University and the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University 2008

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