Why the French don't like headscarves: Islam, the state and public space

摘要

As a social anthropologist, Bowen systematically examines a wide range of public reasoning in France, with particular regard to the requirements of the purported values of republicanism -including individual liberty, human rights and gender equality. He weaves a complex web of ideas, influences and agendas, many of them at cross purposes, and he shows why there is more at stake than merely the prerogative to look different in public.