Download or read book Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism written by Yolande Jansen and published by IMISCOE Research. This book was released on 2013 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere may be self-subverting. To flesh out this insight, Jansen draws on the paradoxes of assi