Refashioning Secularisms in France and Turkey - The Case of the Headscarf Ban

By adopting a bottom-up approach, Refashioning Secularisms in Turkey and France makes important empirical and theoretical contributions to the study of secularism and Islam.

List of contents

Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Tradition of Regulations: Shedding Light on the Paradoxes of Languages of Secularism 3. The Slow Exclusion of Pious Women from French and Turkish Societies: (re) producing Spaces 4. French Muslim Activists: Promoting a laïcité-ante 5. Turkish Devout Activists: Reconfiguring laïklik with Human Rights 6. A Rights-based Discourse: a Door to Multiple Sites of Contestations 7. Conclusion: An Invitation to Transcend the Secular/Religious Divide

About the author

Amélie Barras is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Montreal with the Chair Religion, Culture and Society and the Canadian Religion and Diversity Project. Her research interest is in religion and politics, with a special focus in gender, law and Islam. She has published articles on these topics in Democratization, Journal of Human Rights and in Mediterranean Politics.

Summary

By adopting a bottom-up approach, Refashioning Secularisms in Turkey and France makes important empirical and theoretical contributions to the study of secularism and Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Amelie Barras, Amelie (York University Barras, Barras Amelie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415821780
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82178-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Islamic Studies Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, Religion: general, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice