Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:23:18 -0800
From: Patrick Crosby <pcrosby-AT-ieee.org>
Subject: Re: [BOU:] l'affaire du foulard


For what it's worth, I'm inclined to see this in Nietzschean terms, as a 
small skirmish in a much larger 21st century "war of gods." No, not the 
20th century war between the gods capitalism and communism, but now, 
capitalism and Islam. In other words, the "reds" of the last century 
have been replaced by the "veils" (if you will) of today; and the 
capitalists feel every bit as threatened. And the capitalists are doing 
the only thing they know how to do: repress.

Emrah Goker wrote:

> Is anyone following the "controversy" created around Islamic veiling 
> in France? I was wondering whether any scholar from the "Acts of 
> Research" circle wrote on this. I know that part of the French 
> socialist left is defending young Muslim women on this, and some other 
> socialists are with hard-core laicists. The common discourse among the 
> academic opposition appears to be multiculturalism and politics of 
> recognition, but I was curious whether students of Bourdieu took a 
> different stance.
>
> happy new year to all,
>
> Emrah Goker
> Department of Sociology
> Columbia University
>
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