Islamophobia and the politics of empire /

Islamophobia and the politics of empire / Deepa Kumar.

"In response to the events of 9/11, the Bush administration launched a "war on terror," ushering in an era of anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia. However, 9/11 did not create the image of the "Muslim enemy." This book examines the historic relationship between anti-Muslim r...

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Main Author: Kumar, Deepa, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Islam > Public opinion.
Muslims > Public opinion.
Islamophobia.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Islam in mass media.
Table of Contents:
  • Images of Islam in Europe
  • Early contact with Islam
  • Al-Andalus and Muslim rule in Europe
  • The Crusades and the Reconquista
  • From polemic to indifference
  • The Ottomans
  • Romanticism and the Enlightenment
  • Colonialism and Orientalism
  • Napoleon and "enlightened" colonialism
  • The characteristics of Orientalism
  • American imperialism
  • The persistence of Orientalist myths
  • Myth one : Islam is a monolithic religion
  • Myth two : Islam is a uniquely sexist religion
  • Myth three : the "Muslim mind" Is incapable of reason and rationality
  • Myth four : Islam is an inherently violent religion
  • Myth five : Muslims are incapable of democracy and self-rule
  • Allies and enemies : the United States and political Islam
  • Islam and modernization
  • Saudi Arabia and the King of Islam
  • Iran and Afghanistan : irrational mullahs and freedom fighters
  • Israel's enemies
  • Islamists and the post-Cold War era
  • The separation of mosque and state
  • Orientalist myths
  • The de facto separation of religion and politics
  • Modernization and secularization
  • The failures of Islamic revivalism
  • Radical secular nationalism
  • Political Islam : a historical analysis
  • What is political Islam?
  • The growth of political Islam
  • Political Islam : mixed fortunes
  • Political Islam through an anti-imperialist framework
  • The foreign policy establishment and the "Islamic threat"
  • The neocons
  • The Israel connection
  • Humanitarian imperialism
  • September 11 and the Bush doctrine
  • Obama and liberal imperialism
  • Legalizing racism : Muslims and the attack on civil liberties
  • Terrorizing Arabs and Muslims
  • Surveillance, detention, and deportation
  • Preemptive prosecution
  • The terrorism spectacle
  • Theories of radicalization
  • Green scare : the making of the domestic Muslim enemy
  • Manufacturing the green scare
  • The "Ground Zero mosque" controversy
  • The rise of the Islamophobic network
  • Islamophobia and the new McCarthyism
  • The new McCarthyites
  • "Education" and media propaganda
  • Mainstream and liberal enablers
  • Systemic racism
  • Conclusion : fighting Islamophobia.

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