Einleitung: Der Stoff, aus dem die Kopftuch-Konflikte sind

Berghahn, Sabine; Rostock, Petra

doi:10.14361/9783839409596-intro

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“…However, based on the principles of pluralism and tolerance and the freedom of religion or belief, attitudes that deviate from the societal norm must also get the possibility to be discussed in public -within the framework of European values, liberal democracy, and human rights, of course. In many European states, we can currently observe conflicts around the question of what the criteria are from which the limits of tolerance and the freedom of religion and belief should be drawn; most prominent are the conflicts about the wearing of headscarves in public or state institutions (Berghahn et al 2009). These conflicts are extremely politicised and fought out primarily on a legal level (see for example, the judgment of the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) on 15 July 2021 on the wearing of any visible political, philosophical, or religious sign or the wearing of conspicuous, large-sized political, philosophical, or religious signs in the workplace, which requires the legitimacy of the policy of neutrality adopted by the employer and the need to establish economic loss suffered by the employer, see InfoCuria 2021).…”

Section: Values Education As a Public Social And Political Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conclusions, Consequences, Challenges

Polak

2023

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations

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Based on the empirical results of the European Values Study 2017 and on discussion with our authors and experts, the article highlights four thematical areas that raise critical questions and require practical consequences in society, politics, education, and research as well as within religious communities. The selected topics aim at stimulating values debates and focus on a broader audience of disseminators who are concerned about promoting a qualified values discourse in Europe in the context of contemporary multifold global crises. First, the results document a severe crisis of liberal democracy, which is fuelled by the ambivalent power of values and requires, for example, more attention being paid to subsidiarity in values communication, the struggle between universal and particular values, and the values division between Western and Eastern Europe. Second, the role of religion as a problem or a component for solving the crises of liberal democracy is discussed. The extent to which religion can be a resource for promoting universal and normative values is shown, with consideration of the challenges that religious communities and actors face in this regard. Third, the need for values education is highlighted, including the strengthening of the role of religion and religious values, which is considered to be of social, and political concern. Fourth, challenges for inter- and transdisciplinary research are identified. These include revising the concepts of the European Values Study, the need to think beyond the ‘secularisation box’, and the necessity for increased communication between values research, society, and politics.

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Section: Values Education As a Public Social And Political Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%