The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”

Today’s uses of parity and diversity say much about the principle of equality in 21st-century French society. This article analyses the role they play in the contemporary conversation about the French republican motto ‘Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité’. To that end, it addresses the way in which the use...

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Main Author: Réjane Sénac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2016-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/840
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The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
discrimination
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parity
Republican values
title The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
title_full The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
title_fullStr The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
title_full_unstemmed The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
title_short The Contemporary Conversation about the French Connection “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: Neoliberal Equality and “Non-brothers”
title_sort contemporary conversation about the french connection liberte egalite fraternite neoliberal equality and non brothers
topic discrimination
diversity
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Republican values
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