Republican Citizenship and Jewish Uniqueness

Dominique Schnapper

Chantal Bordes-Benayoun

1989

Political modernity, by making the varied dimensions of existence automatic and, in particular, by separating the political from the religious, posed the problem of Jewish identity in a dramatic fashion. The sudden, almost epic eruption of the Revolution forced the Jews to formulate their identity in new terms. In line with the principles of…

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Dominique Schnapper

b. 1934

Sociologist Dominique Schnapper was born in Paris. Holding doctorates in both sociology and the arts, she was the president of the French Society of Sociology, has been the director at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, and is a member of France’s Conseil Constitutionel. 

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Chantal Bordes-Benayoun

b. 1952

Sociologist Chantal Bordes-Benayoun is the director of research at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Toulouse. In her studies, Bordes-Benayoun explores the concept of diaspora.

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