The only common aspect among all definitions of Islamophobia is that all of them have something negative to say about Muslims or Islam or both. This book traces Islamophobia as a phenomenon from history and attempts to break some of the myths that are dominant in contemporary literature. It explains how the fear of Islam travelled through ages, adding more ills into its ambit and escalating to a level of generalized fear of Muslims today. Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction challenges many established theories including that of the influential post-colonial writer and critic. Edward Said’s view that Islamophobia is European hostility and prejudice towards Arabo-Muslim people. The author envisages Islamophobia as a multidimensional construct and provides tools for measuring its manifold dimensions. The book focuses on providing a diagnosis of the problem and prognostic solutions to avoid further degradation of the relations between Islam, the West and the rest. It is a response from the East to the Western discourses on Islamophobia.
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Traces Islamophobia as a phenomenon from history and attempts to break some myths dominant in contemporary literature
Foreword by Mohammad Talib
Preface
Acknowledgements
Islamophobia: History, Myths and Facets
Sociocultural Dimensions of Fear of Islam and Muslims
Prejudice
Cultural and Religious Racism
Securitization of Islam and Muslims
Islam as a Political Threat
Othering as Islamophobia
Clash of Civilization or Islam versus West
References
Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789353286958
Publisert
2020-01-21
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Vekt
570 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
139 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
336
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