Critical republicanism the Hijab controversy and political philosophy /

• Main Author: Laborde, Cécile.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Series: Oxford political theory.
• Subjects: Hijab (Islamic clothing); Muslim women > Clothing.; Political science > Philosophy. > France; Multiculturalism > Philosophy. > France; Culture conflict.; Conflict management.; Political Science.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural. > Anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.; France > Politics and government.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary; Oxford Scholarship Online; Oxford Scholarship Online; Full-text
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 385 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-376) and index.
• ISBN: 9780191563973 (electronic bk.); 0191563978 (electronic bk.); 9780199550210 (hbk.); 0199550212 (hbk.)

A comprehensive analysis of the philosophical issues raised by the hijab controversy in France, this text also conducts a dialogue between contemporary Anglo-American and French political theory and defends a progressive republican solution to multicultural conflicts in contemporary societies.