The Return of Religion in France : From Democratisation to Postmetaphysics /

The author examines how social change and philosophical crisis in the 1980s created the conditions for the return of religion to contemporary French intellectual life. It highlights a critical conjuncture in recent French history when religion was revitalized in French secularism as an expression of...

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Main Author: McCaffrey, Enda (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Summary:The author examines how social change and philosophical crisis in the 1980s created the conditions for the return of religion to contemporary French intellectual life. It highlights a critical conjuncture in recent French history when religion was revitalized in French secularism as an expression of individual identity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 286 pages)
ISBN:9780230233775
DOI:10.1057/9780230233775