Muslims and citizens : Islam, politics, and the French revolution / Ian Coller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coller, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--France.

Islam and politics.

Muslims--France--History--18th century.

Muslims.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth†‘century France From the beginning, French revolutionaries imagined their transformation as a universal one that must include Muslims, Europe’s most immediate neighbors. They believed in a world in which Muslims could and would be French citizens, but they disagreed violently about how to implement their visions of universalism and accommodate religious and social difference. Muslims, too, saw an opportunity, particularly as European powers turned against the new French Republic, leaving the Muslim polities of the Middle East and North Africa as France’s only friends in the region. In Muslims and Citizens, Coller examines how Muslims came to participate in the political struggles of the revolution and how revolutionaries used Muslims in France and beyond as a test case for their ideals. In his final chapter, Coller reveals how the French Revolution’s fascination with the Muslim world paved the way to Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Egypt in 1798.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

1. Paris Turned Turk

2. The Turban and the Axe

3. The Rights of Muslims

4. The Turbans of Liberty

5. The Constitutional Mosque

6. The Muslim Republic

7. Islam in the Temple of Reason

8. The Muslim Jacobins

9. Robespierre Mahomet

10. Bonaparte ’s Burka

Epilogue: 1799

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-24953-5

OCLC:

1143648240