8. Secularism Secularized: The Vanishing Mediator

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION: CRITIQUE IN THE TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY : POLITICAL ECONOMY STILL , RELIGION AGAIN xv
5. SAECULUM
6. 1. Circumstances and Objectives 3
7. 2. Secularism and Cosmopolitanism: An Aporia? 5
8. 3. Double Binds: Politics of the Veil 9
9. 4. Cosmopolitics and Conflicts Between Universalities 19
10. 5. Finishing with Religion? 26
11. 6. Culture, Religion, or Ideology 34
12. 7. Religious Revolutions and Anthropological Differences 42
13. 8. Secularism Secularized: The Vanishing Mediator 48
14. 9. Envoi 57
15. ESSAYS
16. 10. Note on the Origin and Uses of the Word “Monotheism” 69
17. 11. “God Will Not Remain Silent”: Zionism, Messianism, and Nationalism 94
18. 12. What Future for Laïcité ? 110
19. STATEMENTS
20. 13. Three Words for the Dead and the Living (after Charlie Hebdo) 141
21. 14. On “Freedom of Expression” and the Question of “Blasphemy” 149
22. 15. Identitarian Laïcité 159
23. NOTES 167
24. INDEX 229