De l'unité républicaine à la fragmentation multiculturelle : le débat français en matière d'intégration

Hélène Bertheleu, From Republican Unity to Multicultural Fragmentation : The French Debate over Integration In France, the term multiculturalism generally refers to a kind of negative representation which seems to reinforce the traditional notion of assimilation. It is advisable, however, to go beyond the simplistic dichotomy of republication integration, on the one hand, and multicultural anomie on the other. This debate must be placed in a larger Western context where each society deals with the political recognition of cultural diversity in a specific way.Bertheleu Hélène. De l'unité républicaine à la fragmentation multiculturelle : le débat français en matière d'intégration. In: L'Homme et la société, N. 125, 1997. Assignations identitaires et différenciation sociale. pp. 27-38