Embodied Reasons in the Public Sphere : The Example of the Hijab




Faculty/Professorship: Systematic Theology  
Author(s): Wabel, Thomas
Publisher Information: Bamberg : Otto-Friedrich-Universität
Year of publication: 2023
Pages: 499-512
Source/Other editions: Studies in Christian Ethics, 32 (2019), 4, S. 499-512 . - ISSN: 1745-5235
is version of: 10.1177/0953946819868095
Year of first publication: 2019
Language(s): English
Licence: German Act on Copyright 
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-587206
Abstract: 
In public debates on moral or political issues between participants from different religious backgrounds, liberal and secular thinkers like John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas recommend to restrict oneself to free-standing reasons that are independent of their religious, social or cultural origin. Following German philosopher Matthias Jung, however, I argue that such reasons fall short of describing the relevance of the issue in question for the adherents of a specific religion or worldview. Referring to the debates in several European countries about the hijab, I am showing how a deeper understanding of reasons as embodied in social practices and as embodied in individual biographies can help to disentangle such debates and to facilitate a dialogue on these issues.
GND Keywords: Deutschland; Verschleierung; Gesellschaftsleben; Öffentlichkeit; Moral
Keywords: Moral reasoning, embodiment, hijab, veiling
DDC Classification: 200 Religion  
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology  
RVK Classification: BW 60600   
Type: Article
URI: https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/58720
Release Date: 30. March 2023

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