Muslims and Jews in France

History of a Conflict

Nonfiction, History, France, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam
Cover of the book Muslims and Jews in France by Maud S. Mandel, Princeton University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Maud S. Mandel ISBN: 9781400848584
Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication: January 5, 2014
Imprint: Princeton University Press Language: English
Author: Maud S. Mandel
ISBN: 9781400848584
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication: January 5, 2014
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Language: English

This book traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine. Maud Mandel shows how the conflict in fact emerged from processes internal to French society itself even as it was shaped by affairs elsewhere, particularly in North Africa during the era of decolonization.

Mandel examines moments in which conflicts between Muslims and Jews became a matter of concern to French police, the media, and an array of self-appointed spokesmen from both communities: Israel's War of Independence in 1948, France's decolonization of North Africa, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the 1968 student riots, and François Mitterrand's experiments with multiculturalism in the 1980s. She takes an in-depth, on-the-ground look at interethnic relations in Marseille, which is home to the country's largest Muslim and Jewish populations outside of Paris. She reveals how Muslims and Jews in France have related to each other in diverse ways throughout this history--as former residents of French North Africa, as immigrants competing for limited resources, as employers and employees, as victims of racist aggression, as religious minorities in a secularizing state, and as French citizens.

In Muslims and Jews in France, Mandel traces the way these multiple, complex interactions have been overshadowed and obscured by a reductionist narrative of Muslim-Jewish polarization.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine. Maud Mandel shows how the conflict in fact emerged from processes internal to French society itself even as it was shaped by affairs elsewhere, particularly in North Africa during the era of decolonization.

Mandel examines moments in which conflicts between Muslims and Jews became a matter of concern to French police, the media, and an array of self-appointed spokesmen from both communities: Israel's War of Independence in 1948, France's decolonization of North Africa, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the 1968 student riots, and François Mitterrand's experiments with multiculturalism in the 1980s. She takes an in-depth, on-the-ground look at interethnic relations in Marseille, which is home to the country's largest Muslim and Jewish populations outside of Paris. She reveals how Muslims and Jews in France have related to each other in diverse ways throughout this history--as former residents of French North Africa, as immigrants competing for limited resources, as employers and employees, as victims of racist aggression, as religious minorities in a secularizing state, and as French citizens.

In Muslims and Jews in France, Mandel traces the way these multiple, complex interactions have been overshadowed and obscured by a reductionist narrative of Muslim-Jewish polarization.

More books from Princeton University Press

Cover of the book Economic Geography and Public Policy by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Why Did Europe Conquer the World? by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Birds of the West Indies by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book In Our Name by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book The Power of Ideas by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Good-Bye Hegemony! by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Ugliness and Judgment by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Walter Kaufmann by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book When States Fail by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Birds of Prey of the East by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book Uneducated Guesses by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book The International Human Rights Movement by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book A New World Order by Maud S. Mandel
Cover of the book The Jewish Century, New Edition by Maud S. Mandel
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy