RELIGION AND THE DE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC SPACE

Abstract

In first place, the distinction between public and private space is culturally biased and far from being universal. Secondly, the definition of public space and of public sphere is also complex. Thirdly, the notion of deconstruction of the public space can provide some recommendations to the problem raised by pluralization and public role of religion. Moreover, a better understanding of the word “public space” can clarify in first place, the notion of separation between state and religion, and can be more easily upheld in relation to the institutional space. On the other hand, which is more important, separation of State and religion does not have the same meaning in a religiously homogeneous as it does in a plural society