The Politics of the Veil

作者：JoanWallachScott

出版社：PrincetonUniversityPress

出版年：2007-9-17

页数：224

定价：USD42.00

装帧：Hardcover

ISBN：9780691125435

内容简介
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In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam's resistance to modernity. "The Politics of the Veil" is an explosive refutation of this view, one that bears important implications for us all. Joan Wallach Scott, the renowned pioneer of gender studies, argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens. She examines the long history of racism behind the law as well as the ideological barriers thrown up against Muslim assimilation.She emphasizes the conflicting approaches to sexuality that lie at the heart of the debate – how French supporters of the ban view sexual openness as the standard for normalcy, emancipation, and individuality, and the sexual modesty implicit in the headscarf as proof that Muslims can never become fully French.Scott maintains that the law, far from reconciling religious and ethnic differences, only exacerbates them. She shows how the insistence on homogeneity is no longer feasible for France – or the West in general – and how it creates the very "clash of civilizations" said to be at the root of these tensions. "The Politics of the Veil" calls for a new vision of community where common ground is found amid our differences, and where the embracing of diversity – not its suppression – is recognized as the best path to social harmony.

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很多事实都弄错了。校长名字是Ernest Chenière，不是Eugène Chenière。PRP的法文全称是Rassemblement pour la République，不是Rallement [而且还拼写错了] pour la République。教授，您让我情何以堪。

觉得只有最后一张sexuality比较有意思。。去读fanon的a dying colonialism了～

first two chapter for religion in public sphere 法国：保护国家免受宗教影响。对面纱的禁令揭示了一种持续的伊斯兰恐惧症的言论。在这种伊斯兰恐惧症中，问题的症结没有得到解决，法国政府和穆斯林公民之间的关系陷入了恶性循环。在法国，国家不承认伊斯兰教是一种宗教。尽管缺乏实证证据表明宗教是暴力极端主义的主要驱动力，但官方话语继续利用恐怖事件来转移对其针对法国穆…

真心一般般……

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