Islamophobia and the politics of empire
By: Deepa Kumar
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608462117
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Muslims; Public opinion; Islamophobia; Islam in mass media; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Images of Islam in Europe; title: Early contact with Islam; title: Al-Andalus and Muslim rule in Europe; title: The crusades and the reconquista; title: From polemic to indifference; title: The Ottomans; title: Romanticism and the enlightenment; title: Colonialism and orientalism; title: Napoleon and "enlightened" colonialism; title: The characteristics of orientalism; title: American imperialism; title: The persistence of orientalist myths; title: Myth one: Islam is a monolithic religion; title: Myth two: Islam is a uniquely sexist religion; title: Myth three: the "Muslim mind" Is incapable of reason and rationality; title: Myth four: Islam is an inherently violent religion; title: Myth five: Muslims are incapable of democracy and self-rule; title: Political Islam and US policy; title: Allies and enemies: the United States and political Islam; title: Islam and modernization; title: Saudi Arabia and the King of Islam; title: Iran and Afghanistan: irrational mullahs and freedom fighters; title: Israel's enemies; title: Islamists and the post/cold war era; title: The separation of mosque and state; title: Orientalist myths; title: The de facto separation of religion and politics; title: Modernization and secularization; title: The failures of Islamic revivalism; title: Radical secular nationalism; title: Political Islam: a historical analysis; title: What is political Islam?; title: The growth of political Islam; title: Political Islam: mixed fortunes; title: Political Islam through an anti-imperialist framework; title: The foreign policy establishment and the "Islamic threat"; title: The neocons; title: The Israel connection; title: Humanitarian imperialism; title: September 11 and the Bush doctrine; title: Obama and liberal imperialism; title: Islamophobia and domestic politics; title: Legalizing racism:; title: Muslims and the attack on civil liberties; title: Terrorizing Arabs and Muslims; title: Surveillance, detention, and deportation; title: Preemptive prosecution; title: The terrorism spectacle; title: Theories of radicalization; title: Green scare: the making of the domestic Muslim enemy; title: Manufacturing the green scare; title: The "ground zero mosque" controversy; title: The rise of the Islamophobic network; title: Islamophobia and the new McCarthyism; title: The new McCarthyites; title: "Education" and media propaganda; title: Mainstream and liberal enablers; title: Systemic racism; title: Conclusion: fighting Islamophobia.