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The right to difference : French universalism and the Jews /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samuels, Maurice (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Jews > France > Social conditions.
Antisemitism > France.
Jews in literature.
Antisemitism.
Jews > Social conditions.
France.
Table of Contents:
  • 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."