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Fabricating Difference
Steven W. Ramey (Ed.)
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Description for Fabricating Difference
Paperback. This volume focuses on the discourses that construct Islam in the aftermath of traumatic events and thus illustrates how academic analysis of the fabrication of difference can contribute significantly to public discourse. Editor(s): Ramey, Steven W. Series: Working with Culture on the Edge. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 1320.
The fabrication of groups as different, as other, often has significant consequences, including violence and discrimination. This volume focuses on the discourses that construct Islam in the aftermath of traumatic events and thus illustrates how academic analysis of the fabrication of difference can contribute significantly to public discourse. It centers on two critical analyses by accomplished scholars who have written publicly on the constructions of Islam and Muslims as others. Mayanthi Fernando analyzes the rhetoric surrounding French laicite (often translated as secularism) in the aftermath of the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris in 2015, highlighting the ways the majority ... Read more
The fabrication of groups as different, as other, often has significant consequences, including violence and discrimination. This volume focuses on the discourses that construct Islam in the aftermath of traumatic events and thus illustrates how academic analysis of the fabrication of difference can contribute significantly to public discourse. It centers on two critical analyses by accomplished scholars who have written publicly on the constructions of Islam and Muslims as others. Mayanthi Fernando analyzes the rhetoric surrounding French laicite (often translated as secularism) in the aftermath of the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris in 2015, highlighting the ways the majority ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Working with Culture on the Edge
Condition
New
Weight
1319g
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781794876
SKU
V9781781794876
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About Steven W. Ramey (Ed.)
Steven W. Ramey is a Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, where he also directs the Asian Studies Program. His specialty is in contemporary issues surrounding identifications in India, which he addresses in his book Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh (Palgrave 2008).
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