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Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics
Sherene Razack
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Description for Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics
Paperback. Combining rich theoretical perspectives and extensive research, Casting Out makes a major contribution to contemporary debates on race and the 'war on terror' and their implications in areas such as law, politics, cultural studies, feminist and gender studies, and race relations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Three stereotypical figures have come to represent the 'war on terror' - the 'dangerous' Muslim man, the 'imperilled' Muslim woman, and the 'civilized' European. Casting Out explores the use of these characterizations in the creation of the myth of the family of democratic Western nations obliged to use political, military, and legal force to defend itself against a menacing third world population. It argues that this myth is promoted to justify the expulsion of Muslims from the political community, a process that takes the form of stigmatization, surveillance, incarceration, torture, and bombing. In this timely and controversial work, Sherene ... Read more
Three stereotypical figures have come to represent the 'war on terror' - the 'dangerous' Muslim man, the 'imperilled' Muslim woman, and the 'civilized' European. Casting Out explores the use of these characterizations in the creation of the myth of the family of democratic Western nations obliged to use political, military, and legal force to defend itself against a menacing third world population. It argues that this myth is promoted to justify the expulsion of Muslims from the political community, a process that takes the form of stigmatization, surveillance, incarceration, torture, and bombing. In this timely and controversial work, Sherene ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802094971
SKU
V9780802094971
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About Sherene Razack
Sherene H. Razack is a professor in the Department of Social Justice at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Reviews for Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics
Casting Out is a rigorous and detailed academic work rich in theory as well as empirical detail. It is a good example of how academic work can provide a moral mirror to prevent the kind of slide in public discourse, law and policies that may lead to the wrong kind of policies or even future holocausts.
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