At Big Think, Joan Wallach Scott discusses French citizenship and laïcité in light of the current controversy over the burqa.
Joan Wallach Scott on notions of French citizenship
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Holocaust survivor dances, controversy ensues
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A rhetorical challenge
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Recognizing the reality of sexual abuse
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The American Jew and Israeli politics
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Ruling against discrimination
The Supreme Court ruled against the Christian Legal Society at the University of California's Hastings College of Law, which claimed that the…