The Ties That Bind: Multiculturalism and Secularism Reconsidered

Bhandar, Brenna

Abstract

This article examines contemporary controversies over the rights of Muslim women to wear various forms of the veil, both in France and the United Kingdom and argues that despite their differences as political ideologies, both multiculturalism and secularism are deployed as techniques to govern difference. It traces a common philosophical lineage of these two ideologies, their shared genealogical relationship to the subject of Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment thought.

Citation

Bhandar, B. (2009). The Ties That Bind: Multiculturalism and Secularism Reconsidered. Journal of Law and Society, 36(3), 301-326. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2009.00469.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2014
• Journal: Journal of Law and Society
• Print ISSN: 0263-323X
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-6478
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 301-326
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2009.00469.x