Secularism in French Cultural Discourse
Timeless Laicite
Vincenzo Pacillo(Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 26. November 2024
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-0364-1414-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the interplay between literature and law, showing how writers from Victor Hugo to Annie Ernaux have influenced and reflected changes in secularism. The book examines pivotal moments like the Dreyfus Affair, intellectuals' roles during the World Wars, and French socio-political shifts, highlighting literature's engagement with religious freedom, church-state separation, and equality. Focusing on post-1964 developments, it discusses the rise of the 'specific intellectual' and integrates philosophical and sociological insights into literary analysis, offering a comprehensive view of laicite beyond legal interpretations. This multidisciplinary approach reveals how literature and intellectual thought have shaped and defended secularism in France. Aimed at scholars and enthusiasts of law, literature, history, and politics, this book is essential for understanding the cultural, political, and legal dynamics of contemporary French secularism.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0364-1414-6 (9781036414146)
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Vincenzo Pacillo is a Full Professor of Law and Religion at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He earned his law degree from the University of Milan, Italy, in 1995 and a PhD in Ecclesiastical and Canon Law from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 2000. He has held teaching and research positions at the University of Bern, the Faculty of Theology of Lugano, both in Switzerland, the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, both in the UK, and Istanbul University, Tuerkiye. Pacillo founded and directs ORFECT (Observatory on Religious Freedom in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights), an interdepartmental research center on religious freedom in European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. He has organized numerous conferences on ecclesiastical law and human rights. He is part of the Gratianus program at the University of Paris-Saclay, France, and of the PhD in Humanities faculty at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He also serves on various editorial and academic committees.