عنوان

Reconfiguring French secularism: The mosque as the new multicultural space of young Muslims

Number

TL48604

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Reconfiguring French secularism: The mosque as the new multicultural space of young Muslims

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ayse Ozcan

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Buechler, Hans; Klotz, Audie

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Syracuse University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

313

Text of Note

Committee members: Castro, Peter; Hromadzic, Azra; Soysal, Levent; Western, John C.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-41450-8

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Anthropology

Body granting the degree

Syracuse University

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

This dissertation explores the ways in which secularism communicates with Islam both as a socio-political concept and as daily practice in the context of France. Most studies examine this process through the uses of the headscarf or within the framework of terrorism. This study suggests a fresh perspective by using an experimental spatial analysis with a focus on the major mosques and the practices of mosque congregants. It poses the question how French Muslims reconcile French secularism (laïcité) with Islam through the use of the mosque space. In this respect, mosques are transformed into alternative multicultural spaces where the secular and Islamic are given new meanings and negotiated by Muslims. I argue that the primary actors of this transformation are young Muslims with a dynamic and innovative approach to contextual interpretations of secular and Islamic practices. In this respect, they differ from their conservative counterparts who are bound to the Islamic teachings in Muslim countries regardless of their relevancy. This study concludes that young French Muslims have been undergoing a change from within, and its effects in the wider society are yet to be observed amidst the escalating negative views against Muslims in the West.

Religion; Cultural anthropology; European Studies; Islamic Studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;France;Mosques;Multiculturalism;Muslim youth;Place-making;Secularism

Burke, Kyle Bradford

Buechler, Hans; Klotz, Audie

Subdivision

Anthropology

Syracuse University

Call Number

1758623673; 10001518

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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