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Comprendre la “laïcité à la française” : Malentendus, mythes, réalités

22 July 2024 | Tocqueville 21

Par Catherine Audard et Cécile Laborde. Le processus de sécularisation de la société française qui a commencé pendant la Révolution française et qui se poursuit de nos jours semble avant […]

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Tocquevilliana / The Tocqueville Review / La Revue Tocqueville

Laïcité à la française : New Issue of ‘The Tocqueville Review | La revue Tocqueville’

11 December 2023 | Tocqueville 21

Comprendre la ‘laïcité à la française’ : malentendus, mythes et réalités. Le nouveau numéro de La revue Tocqueville, publié en automne 2023, est désormais disponible en ligne. (Vol. 44, No. 2) […]

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A Panel Response: What to Take Away from the Second Round of the French Elections?

25 April 2022 | Christopher Schaefer

To debrief the second round of the French presidential elections, Tocqueville 21 has invited a distinguished set of academics, journalists, and commentators on French politics to provide their thoughts on […]

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A Panel Response: What to Take Away from the Second Round of the French Elections?

| Christopher Schaefer

To debrief the second round of the French presidential elections, Tocqueville 21 has invited a distinguished set of academics, journalists, and commentators on French politics to provide their thoughts on […]

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Interviews / T21 Information

Interview: Lucien Jaume on Laïcité and the French Presidential Election

8 April 2022 | Rouot Madeleine

Lucien Jaume is a philosopher, political scientist and professor at Sciences Po who has contributed to the rediscovery of the French liberal tradition. The author of numerous books on the […]

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Revue de presse

Souverainisme et laïcité – Revue de Presse : 27 mars 2022

27 March 2022 | Rouot Madeleine

Souverainisme Depuis le déclenchement de la guerre en Ukraine, une question revient en boucle dans l’actualité : celle de l’unité européenne et de son indépendance énergétique, sécuritaire et agroalimentaire. Si […]

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Books/Livres

Author’s Response: Soldiers of God in a Secular World (Sarah Shortall)

21 January 2022 | Sarah Shortall

** This is the author’s response to a series of four reviews of her new book Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics. Each […]

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Theological Malleability and the Counterpolitical

20 January 2022 | Brenna Moore

** This is the fourth and last in a series of four reviews of Sarah Shortall’s new book Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French […]

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The Politics of the Supernatural

19 January 2022 | John Milbank

** This is the third in a series of four reviews of Sarah Shortall’s new book Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics. Each […]

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Books/Livres

The Politics of Ecclesiology

18 January 2022 | Mary Kate Holman

** This is the second in a series of four reviews of Sarah Shortall’s new book Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics. Each […]

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Books/Livres

They Saved the Church, but at What Cost?

17 January 2022 | James Chappel

** This is the first in a series of four reviews of Sarah Shortall’s new book Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics. Each […]

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Revue de Presse: May 30

30 May 2021 | Tocqueville 21

For the first time in its history, the European Union will arm foreign governments in the name of fighting terrorism, protecting civilians, and stabilizing fragile states, using a €5 billion […]

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Books/Livres / France: 1940-2021 / Le Club / Focus

L’embarras du choix

11 January 2021 | Emile Chabal

In this post, Emile Chabal responds to reviews of his book—France (Polity, 2020), a short history of the country since 1940—by Art Goldhammer and Emmanuel Jousse.    Writing the history […]

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Revue de Presse : 20 décembre

20 December 2020 | Tocqueville 21

En France, encore une fois, l’on débat de la laïcité. Comme Patrick Weil nous rappelle, la laïcité c’est d’abord du droit, qui protège la liberté de conscience de chacun.e, et […]

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Revue de Presse: November 29

29 November 2020 | Tocqueville 21

Under fire from French officials and media figures, James McAuley of the Washington Post and Adam Nossiter of the New York Times defend their recent reporting. The two Paris correspondents […]

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Revue de Presse : 15 novembre

15 November 2020 | Tocqueville 21

Le sociologue Farhad Khosrokhavar a publié dans Politico EU une critique de la « laïcité radicale » en France – ce qu’il compare à une religion d’État, même si cette religion est blasphématoire par […]

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“This assault on academic freedom is an assault on the democratic rule of law”

3 November 2020 | Tocqueville 21

This week, a group of French scholars and writers published a “Manifesto of 100 Intellectuals,” which accused various scholars and journalists in France of complicity in terrorism, and called for […]

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Révolte ! / Le Club / Focus

Liban : De la crise au soulèvement

9 January 2020 | Farès Sassine

Depuis la formation du Grand Liban, décision mandataire française en 1920, puis la proclamation de la République libanaise en 1926 et l’obtention de son indépendance en 1943, le pays n’a […]

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Revue de Presse: December 1

1 December 2019 | Tocqueville 21

The crisis of liberalism lies in its inability to explain modern phenomena, Katrina Forrester argues in The Guardian. Attempting to understand the turbulent politics of recent years, liberals often point […]

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Blog editors/Rédacteurs du Blog / Books/Livres / Danielle Charette: Blog editor

Reading Kamel Daoud in America

18 December 2018 | Danielle Charette

Review of Kamel Daoud, Chroniques: Selected Columns, 2010-2016 (Other Press, 2018) Translated by Elisabeth Zerofsky I’m a latecomer to the Affaire Daoud. I overlooked the fawning coverage that Kamel Daoud’s novel, […]

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Focus: Sex and Secularism

18 June 2018 | Jacob Hamburger

  When French and American scholars and journalists attempt to discuss the role of religion in their respective democracies, it is often apparent that in more senses than one, they […]

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Sex and Secularism: For a Critical History

12 June 2018 | Joan Wallach Scott

This is Joan Wallach Scott’s reply to her four reviewers in our critical exchange on her book Sex and Secularism. To see the four reviews, follow the link here.   I […]

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Le Club / Sex and Secularism / Focus

Une critique constructive de la laïcité

18 June 2018 | Valentine Zuber

Cet article est le quatrième dans notre échange critique sur le livre de Joan Wallach Scott, Sex and Secularism. Pour accéder aux autres critiques et la réponse de J. Scott, veuillez […]

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Le Club / Sex and Secularism / Focus

The Secular Alibi

13 June 2018 | Peter Coviello

This is the third of four reviews of Joan Wallach Scott’s Sex and Secularism. To see the other reviews as well as Scott’s reply, follow the link here.   Joan Wallach […]

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Secularism as a Liberal Ideal

18 June 2018 | Tim Crane

This is the first of four reviews of Joan Wallach Scott’s Sex and Secularism. To see the other reviews as well as Scott’s reply, follow the link here.   Sex and […]

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Books/Livres / Le Club

Albert Memmi: From Anti-Colonialism to Laïcité (by way of Zionism)

30 May 2018 | Daniel Gordon

Albert Memmi, Tunisie, An I (CNRS Éditions, 2017). Albert Memmi, Portraits (CNRS Éditions, 2015). Albert Memmi, Penser à vif: de la colonization à la laïcité (Non Lieu, 2017). The Albert […]

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Blog editors/Rédacteurs du Blog / Jacob Hamburger: Blog Editor

Laïcité and the Clavreul Report

7 March 2018 | Jacob Hamburger

Patrick Weil, whom we recently featured on this blog, has a fascinating interview in a recent issue of Marianne on laïcité and the way it has been approached by Emmanuel Macron and the […]

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Blog editors/Rédacteurs du Blog / Jacob Hamburger: Blog Editor

Laïcité, republicanism, and the left

25 January 2018 | Jacob Hamburger

  When I logged on to Facebook last night, the first thing I found in my feed was a theater invitation from Jean-Luc Mélenchon. At the Théâtre de Ménilmontant this […]

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