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For the Muslims Islamophobia in France

Plenel Edwy
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781784784867
Publisert
2016-05-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
131 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112

Forfatter
Plenel Edwy
Oversetter
Fernbach, David

Om bidragsyterne

Edwy Plenel is an award-winning radical journalist, former Editorial Director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the independent journalism platform Mediapart. Known for his investigative work challenging the actions of the French state, he is the author of several books, including The Struggle for a Free Press.

For the Muslims Islamophobia in France

Plenel Edwy
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
Plenel Edwy
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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Thank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard.

- Peter Oborne,

A powerful call to address the empathy deficit and intellectual poverty which underlies the 'obsessive Islamophobia' of much French public discourse. Noting that Islamophobia now performs the cultural function once assigned to anti-Semitism,<i>For the Muslims</i> is a polemic against indifference. Plenel resurrects France's heritage of critical thought to call on his fellow citizens and others to develop a competing imaginary to the one established by rampant xenophobia.

- Priyamvada Gopal,

An important book about one of the most pressing issues facing modern Europe. Insightful, historically grounded and detailed, it's required reading.

- Murtaza Hussain,

Se alle

An urgent and necessary warning cry against hatred and the politics of fear and indifference that fuels it. From the Dreyfus affair to the aftermath of the Paris attacks of 2015, Plenel shows how the normalization of a far-right narrative of rejection, exclusion and otherness will have consequences for us all.

- Simon Hooper,

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, leading intellectuals are claiming "There is a problem with Islam in France," thus legitimising the discourse of the racist National Front. Such claims have been strengthened by the backlash since the terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, coming to represent a new 'common sense' in the political landscape, and we have seen a similar logic play out in the United States and Europe.Edwy Plenel, former editorial director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the investigative journalism website Mediapart tackles these claims head-on, taking the side of his compatriots of Muslim origin, culture or belief, against those who make them into scapegoats. He demonstrates how a form of "Republican and secularist fundamentalism" has become a mask to hide a new form of virulent Islamophobia. At stake for Plenel is not just solidarity but fidelity to the memory and heritage of emancipatory struggles and he writes in defence of the Muslims, just as Zola wrote in defence of the Jews and Sartre wrote in defence of the blacks. For if we are to be for the oppressed then we must be for the Muslims.
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A piercing appeal against Islamophobia in France, in the steps of Emile Zola
A piercing denunciation of Islamophobia in France, in the tradition of Emile Zola

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Thank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard.

- Peter Oborne,

A powerful call to address the empathy deficit and intellectual poverty which underlies the 'obsessive Islamophobia' of much French public discourse. Noting that Islamophobia now performs the cultural function once assigned to anti-Semitism,<i>For the Muslims</i> is a polemic against indifference. Plenel resurrects France's heritage of critical thought to call on his fellow citizens and others to develop a competing imaginary to the one established by rampant xenophobia.

- Priyamvada Gopal,

An important book about one of the most pressing issues facing modern Europe. Insightful, historically grounded and detailed, it's required reading.

- Murtaza Hussain,

Se alle

An urgent and necessary warning cry against hatred and the politics of fear and indifference that fuels it. From the Dreyfus affair to the aftermath of the Paris attacks of 2015, Plenel shows how the normalization of a far-right narrative of rejection, exclusion and otherness will have consequences for us all.

- Simon Hooper,

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, leading intellectuals are claiming "There is a problem with Islam in France," thus legitimising the discourse of the racist National Front. Such claims have been strengthened by the backlash since the terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, coming to represent a new 'common sense' in the political landscape, and we have seen a similar logic play out in the United States and Europe.Edwy Plenel, former editorial director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the investigative journalism website Mediapart tackles these claims head-on, taking the side of his compatriots of Muslim origin, culture or belief, against those who make them into scapegoats. He demonstrates how a form of "Republican and secularist fundamentalism" has become a mask to hide a new form of virulent Islamophobia. At stake for Plenel is not just solidarity but fidelity to the memory and heritage of emancipatory struggles and he writes in defence of the Muslims, just as Zola wrote in defence of the Jews and Sartre wrote in defence of the blacks. For if we are to be for the oppressed then we must be for the Muslims.
Les mer
A piercing appeal against Islamophobia in France, in the steps of Emile Zola
A piercing denunciation of Islamophobia in France, in the tradition of Emile Zola

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781784784867
Publisert
2016-05-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
131 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112

Forfatter
Plenel Edwy
Oversetter
Fernbach, David

Om bidragsyterne

Edwy Plenel is an award-winning radical journalist, former Editorial Director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the independent journalism platform Mediapart. Known for his investigative work challenging the actions of the French state, he is the author of several books, including The Struggle for a Free Press.

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