TY - T1 - Laicite as assimilation, laicite as negotiation : Political geographies of secularism in the French public school SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/323601 T3 - A1 - Lizotte, Christopher A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Laicite, France's idiosyncratic form of secularism, is a complex concept that is dense with historical genealogy, practical contradictions and - crucially - political geographies. In particular, contemporary Laicite is characterized by a state-sponsored model of universal citizenship that regards French Muslims' identity claims with mistrust. This tension, always latent, was brought to the fore by a series of attacks perpetrated self-styled jihadists in January 2015, centered on the offices of t... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 519 Social and economic geography; laïcité; communautarisme; French Islam; public education; assimilation; negotiation; Laicite; Communautarisme; French Islam; Public education; Assimilation; Negotiation; ISLAM; GEOPOLITICS; RELIGION; FRANCE; BODY; VEIL; FEAR N1 - PP - ER -