Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time?
Through an exercise of discourse genealogy, this paper addresses the concept of Islamophobia as far as the users and object of the concept concerns. By analysing the different political contexts in which Islamophobia has appeared and has been used in Britain and elsewhere, I argue that it is a polit...
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doaj-1342bfcb5fa7487d8373629b1e479e062020-11-24T22:02:05ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbrae-cadernos ces1647-07372009-03-01310.4000/eces.178Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time?AbdoolKarim VakilThrough an exercise of discourse genealogy, this paper addresses the concept of Islamophobia as far as the users and object of the concept concerns. By analysing the different political contexts in which Islamophobia has appeared and has been used in Britain and elsewhere, I argue that it is a politically powerful concept for the structuring and strengthening of Islamic subjectivities in Europe, namely because it is a concept with its origins in an Islamic perspective. Rather than what it intends to denounce – a new, more or less obvious hate for Muslims – it shows the construction and affirmation of a Muslim political subjectivity in Europe.http://journals.openedition.org/eces/178IslamophobiaMuslim subjectivityIslamic perspectiveBritain |
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AbdoolKarim Vakil Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? e-cadernos ces Islamophobia Muslim subjectivity Islamic perspective Britain |
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Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? |
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Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? |
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Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? |
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Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? |
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Is the Islam in Islamophobia the Same as the Islam in Anti-Islam; or, When Is It Islamophobia Time? |
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is the islam in islamophobia the same as the islam in anti-islam; or, when is it islamophobia time? |
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Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra |
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e-cadernos ces |
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1647-0737 |
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2009-03-01 |
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Through an exercise of discourse genealogy, this paper addresses the concept of Islamophobia as far as the users and object of the concept concerns. By analysing the different political contexts in which Islamophobia has appeared and has been used in Britain and elsewhere, I argue that it is a politically powerful concept for the structuring and strengthening of Islamic subjectivities in Europe, namely because it is a concept with its origins in an Islamic perspective. Rather than what it intends to denounce – a new, more or less obvious hate for Muslims – it shows the construction and affirmation of a Muslim political subjectivity in Europe. |
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Islamophobia Muslim subjectivity Islamic perspective Britain |
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