An exclusionist Europe? Islam and the reemergence of civic nationalism

• Autores: Alberto Spektorowski
• Localización: Araucaria: Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política, Humanidades y Relaciones Internacionales, ISSN 1575-6823, ISSN-e 2340-2199, Vol. 16, Nº 31, 2014, págs. 105-126
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ¿Una Europa excluyente? El Islam y el resurgimiento del nacionalismo cívico
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  • español

    Los debates acerca de la inclusión del Islam y las comunidades Musulmanes en Europa han servido de marco para el resurgirmiento del nacionalismo en Europa. Este articulo introduce un planteamiento critico a los debates que rodean a este levantamiento civico nacionalista .El articulo sugiere que las exigencias de libertad religiosa fundadas en principios teologicos por parte de los Musulmanes han catalizado una respuesta nacionalista secular que restringe el valor universal de las libertades liberales. Este articulo explica como las exigencias de los Musulmanes ha permitido el pasaje de un liberalismo universal a un liberalismo nacional que se expresa en muchos paises como una limitacion a la libertad.

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  • English

    The fierce debates surrounding the 'emergence' of Muslim communities in Europe ensued in the resurgence of nationalism. The current article introduces an original criticism to the ongoing debates surrounding the return of Europe's national pride. This article suggests that Muslim demands for freedom of religion that were founded in Islamic theological perspectives, have catalyzed the restriction of liberal universalistic perspectives to such freedoms. In this study I present how such demands facilitated the advancement of a newly crafted liberal form of nationalism, best identified in Europe's progressing limitation of the right of freedom of religion in various European nations.

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