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Thinking Through Islamophobia
Salman (Ed) Sayyid
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Description for Thinking Through Islamophobia
Paperback. Since Al Qaeda's attacks on America in 2001, 'Islamophobia' has entered common parlance. This book considers attitudes towards Islam and Muslims in Russia, investigates the concept in Western democracies, and analyses the meanings of 'Islamophobia'. It analyses the ways in which the rights of Muslims are contested in various parts of the world. Editor(s): Sayyid, Professor Salman; Vakil, Abdoolkarim. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Since September 11 the term Islamophobia has entered common parlance across the globe. Widely used but diversely and inconsistently defined and deployed, Islamophobia remains hotly disputed and frequently disavowed both as word and concept. To its supporters it names a defining feature of our times and is an important tool to highlight injustices faced by and specific to Muslims, but its effectiveness is weakened by lack of agreed meaning and of clarity in relation to such terms as racism and orientalism. To its detractors Islamophobia is either a fundamentally flawed category or, worse, a communitarian fig leaf behind which 'backward' ... Read more
Since September 11 the term Islamophobia has entered common parlance across the globe. Widely used but diversely and inconsistently defined and deployed, Islamophobia remains hotly disputed and frequently disavowed both as word and concept. To its supporters it names a defining feature of our times and is an important tool to highlight injustices faced by and specific to Muslims, but its effectiveness is weakened by lack of agreed meaning and of clarity in relation to such terms as racism and orientalism. To its detractors Islamophobia is either a fundamentally flawed category or, worse, a communitarian fig leaf behind which 'backward' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659907
SKU
V9781850659907
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About Salman (Ed) Sayyid
S. Sayyid is Reader in Rhetoric and Director of the Centre of Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of A Fundamental Fear and co-editor of A Postcolonial People, also available from Hurst. AbdoolKarim Vakil is Lecturer in the Departments of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and History at King's College London.
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