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    The Religion of Liberal Democracy

    How the Dreyfus affair inspired sociologist Émile Durkheim, who died 102 years ago today, to develop an original, provocative, and optimistic view of the French Republic and the rights-bearing individual

    byBlake Smith
  • Narbonne, southern France, June, 2015.
    Narbonne, southern France, June, 2015.
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    Why the French Ban the Veil

    The secular republic debates how best to contain and suppress the Islamist movement

    byPaul Berman
  • Stained glass windows Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris, France
    Stained glass windows Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris, France
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    When it Comes to Single-Sex Swimming, the New York Times Shouldn’t Follow the French Example

    Religious expression is verboten in the French public sphere, causing serious civil strife. America shouldn’t follow suit.

    byChelsea Garbell
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