For the Muslims: Islamophobia in France
by Edwy Plenel
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A piercing denunciation of Islamophobia in France, in the tradition of Emile Zola At the beginning of the twenty-first century, leading intellectuals are claiming "There is a problem with Islam in France," thus legitimising the discourse of the racist National Front. Such claims have been strengthened by the backlash since the terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, coming to represent a new 'common sense' in the political landscape, and we have seen a similar logic play out show more in the United States and Europe. Edwy Plenel, former editorial director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the investigative journalism website Mediapart tackles these claims head-on, taking the side of his compatriots of Muslim origin, culture or belief, against those who make them into scapegoats. He demonstrates how a form of "Republican and secularist fundamentalism" has become a mask to hide a new form of virulent Islamophobia. At stake for Plenel is not just solidarity but fidelity to the memory and heritage of emancipatory struggles and he writes in defence of the Muslims, just as Zola wrote in defence of the Jews and Sartre wrote in defence of the blacks. For if we are to be for the oppressed then we must be for the Muslims. show lessTags
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- Canonical title*
- Pour les musulmans
- Original title
- Pour les musulmans
- Original publication date
- 2014 (1e édition originale française ∙ La Découverte) (1e édition originale française ∙ La Découverte); 2016 (Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée avec préface inédite, Poche, Essais, La Découverte) (Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée avec préface inédite, Poche, Essais, La Découverte)
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- Français
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History, Philosophy
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- 305.6 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Religious groups
- LCC
- DC34.5 .M87 .P5413 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
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- English, French
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