The right to difference : French universalism and the Jews / Maurice Samuels.
Universal equality is a treasured political concept in France, but recent anxiety over the country's Muslim minority has led to an emphasis on a new form of universalism, one promoting loyalty to the nation at the expense of all ethnic and religious affiliations. This timely book offers a fresh...
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| Main Authors: | Samuels, Maurice (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]. |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Includes bibliographical references and index |
| The revolution reconsidered |
| France's Jewish star |
| Universalism in Algeria |
| Zola and the Dreyfus affair |
| The Jew in Renoir's La grande illusion |
| Sartre's "Jewish question" |
| Finkielkraut, Badiou, and the "new antisemitism" |
| Conclusion: "Je suis juif." |
