De l’enseignement catholique au foulard musulman : la laïcité scolaire entre débats et mutations en France, 1984-2004
Résumé
Laïcité" (or militant secularism) is a historical part of the French education system. This country has nevertheless experienced some recent and rapid changes on this issue. In 1984, it was still linked to the traditional conflict between a part of Republicans and C atholic schools. In 2004, it was focused on banning the Muslim veil in public schools. The article aims at presenting the intellectual and ideological controversies which have been fuelled by this mutation.