L’asile religieux, entre lecture libérale et républicaine : quels défis pour les sociétés démocratiques?

Authors

  • Caroline Patsias Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
  • Louis Vaillancourt Université de Sherbrooke

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.30604

Keywords:

religion, sanctuary, asylum, civil disobedience, political obligation, democracy

Abstract

This article resituates analyses on religious asylum in a reflection on democracy. Religious asylum as a special form of civil disobedience opens an inquiry into the legitimacy of the latter in a democratic context. We first examine the contradictions raised by civil disobedience in relation to the liberal and republican conceptions of political obligation in a democracy. We then focus on religious asylum, and finally examine how each of the previous conceptions of democracy can justify or, conversely, restrict this form of civil disobedience.

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Published

2010-10-09

How to Cite

Patsias, C., & Vaillancourt, L. (2010). L’asile religieux, entre lecture libérale et républicaine : quels défis pour les sociétés démocratiques?. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 26(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.30604

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