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Author O'Brien, Peter, 1960- author.

Title The Muslim question in Europe : political controversies and public philosophies / Peter O'Brien.

Publication Info. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series BiblioLabs. Books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Kulturkampf -- Citizenship -- Veil -- Secularism -- Terrorism -- Conclusion.
Summary The book challenges the popular notion of a clash of cultures pitting Muslim and non-Muslim Europeans against one another. The study finds instead vehement conflict among three longstanding European public philosophies: liberalism, nationalism, and postmodernism. The consequential differences of outlook are demonstrated in four policy areas: 1) citizenship requirements, 2) the headscarf debate, 3) mosque-state relations and 4) counter-terrorism. The book reaches three important conclusions. First, Muslim Europeans do not represent a monolithic anti-Western bloc -- a Trojan Horse -- within Europe. They vehemently disagree among themselves but along the same basic liberal, nationalist, and postmodern contours as non-Muslim Europeans. Second, ideological discord significantly contributes to policy "messiness," that is, to inconsistent, contradictory policies. Third, both the discord and the messiness are remarkably similar from one European country to the next, thereby casting doubt on the dominant theory in comparative migration studies that posits distinct national styles such as French republicanism, German ethno-nationalism and British multiculturalism.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Muslims -- Europe -- Politics and government.
Muslims.
Europe.
Politics and government.
Islam and politics -- Europe.
Islam and politics.
Topical Term POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: O'Brien, Peter, 1960- Muslim question in Europe 9781439912768 (DLC) 2015040078 (OCoLC)921868646
ISBN 9781439912782 (electronic book)
1439912785 (electronic book)
9781439912768
1439912769
9781439912775
1439912777
Standard No. 40025773118