La sécularisation de la laïcité organisée en Belgique. Discours et engagements du Centre d’action laïque (1999–2019)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20140618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Koussens (0009-0000-1930-5232, Université de Sherbrooke, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 206-220 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0037768620917281 |
| OpenAlex | W3024414321 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 10 |
This article examines the movements made by the Centre d’action laïque (CAL, Centre for Secular Action), a French-speaking structure of organized secularism in Belgium, in its definition of secularism over the last twenty years. Starting from an observation of the mobilization of secularism in the written output from the CAL, the article examines the extent to which its secular ideal has become secularized both in its vocabulary and in its commitments, no longer being necessarily determined by its relationship to religion. It reveals how the written output of the CAL is gradually distancing itself from a secularism constructed in opposition to, but also and perhaps in mirror image with, clericalism, to engage instead with topics previously unknown to secularism (such as sport, drugs and prostitution) so as to better respond with a philosophical secularism that a single position vis-à-vis religion can no longer always justify
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| Highly cited | No |
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