BOOK REVIEW: SORIN BOCANCEA, ‟JE SUIS CHARLIE? REGÂNDIREA LIBERTĂŢII ÎN EUROPA MULTICULTURALĂ” [‟JE SUIS CHARLIE? RETHINKING FREEDOM IN A MULTICULTURAL EUROPE”], IAŞI, ADENIUM, 2015, 358 P.

Abstract

Are we Charlie ? There was hardly anything more controversial this year in Europe and North-America than the Charlie Hebdo massacre on January 7 and its subsequent intellectual. A mass extermination of a French editorial team by French-Muslim fanatics was followed by world-wide arguments, pros and cons, related to the freedom of speech and the social transformations of the Western societies in the last 30-40 years, especially in France and Britain, under the impact of Muslim immigrants. For Romania, this is foremost an intellectual exercise not a daily reality. But it does not mean that Western Europe’s dramas should be distantly regarded; we cannot afford to ignore the vehemence of such events reshaping Europe’s perception of Islam (altered after 9/11) and the idea of immigration (whose protective and welcoming grounds are disrupted by suspicion and increasing cynicism).