Islam and Secularity

NilÜfer GÖle is Professor of Sociology at the Centre d'Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). She is the author of Islam in Europe: The Lure of Fundamentalism and the Allure of Cosmopolitanism and editor of Islam and Public Controversy in Europe.

"Once again, then, GÖle attends simultaneously to the asymmetries of power and the dynamics of reinvention-the hallmark more generally of this readable, analytically complex, and timely new book." - Mayanthi Fernando (Reading Religion) "GÖle’s contributions are manifold. . . . This work is a must-read for a graduate seminar on the topic. It is highly recommended for both researchers and nonprofessionals." - Hakan Erdagöz (Sociology of Religion) "Islam and Secularity makes for very rewarding and stimulating reading. It is exceptionally well suited to relocate debates about European secularity and Islam into global and historical perspectives. Concise and clearly written, the book is packed with wide-ranging arguments that will challenge the reader on many levels and with fascinating case studies." - Frank Peter (Journal of Islamic Studies)

• Acknowledgments  ix1. Public Sphere beyond Religious-Secular Dichotomies  12. Secular Modernity in Question  313. Religious-Secular Frontiers: State, Public Sphere, and the Self  534. Web of Secular Power: Civilization, Space, and Sexuality  735. The Gendered Nature of the Public Sphere  1036. Public Islam: New Visibilities and New Imaginaries  1357. Public Culture, Art, and Islam: Turkish-Delight in Vienna  1618. Europe's Trouble with Islam: What Future?  193Notes  227Bibliography  243Index  257