"Routledge Focus"--Page one of cover. Includes bibliographical referencs and index.
Contents:
Some ex-Muslim assemblages. 3. The Secular And The Culture Wars -- Mapping some secular territories -- It's culture wars all the way down -- 2. The Secular And The Veil -- Some preliminary remarks on the veil -- The veil, gender, and orientalism -- Some recent veiling bans in Europe -- Case study: Zunera lshaq v. Canada -- Case study: secularism in Quebec, also known as laicite -- 3. Are Ex-Muslims Atheists? -- Some common atheist assemblages -- Some ex-Muslim assemblages.
Summary:
Owning the Secular examines three case studies dealing with religious symbols and cultural identity, including two public controversies over the veil in Canada - at the federal level and in the province of Quebec - and an ex-Muslim podcaster rethinking her atheist identity in the era of Donald Trump and the alt-right. Drawing on theories of discourse analysis and ideology critique, this study calls attention to an evolution in how secularism, nationalism, and multiculturalism in Euro-Western states are debated and understood as competing groups contest and rearrange the meaning of these terms. This is especially true in the digital age as online cultures have transformed how information is spread, how we imagine our communities, build alliances, and produce shared meaning. From recent attempts to prohibit religious symbols in public, to Trump's so-called Muslim bans, to growing disenchantment with the promises of digital media, this study turns the lens how nation-states, organizations, and individuals attempt to "own" the secular to manage cultural differences, shore up group identity, and stake a claim to some version of Western values amidst the growing uncertainties of neoliberal capitalism.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.