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Author:   Narzanin Massoumi ,  Tom Mills ,  David Miller
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Weight:   0.492kg
ISBN:  

9780745399584

ISBN 10:   0745399584
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction: What is Islamophobia? 1. Islamophobia, Social Movements and the State: For a Movement-centred Approach - Narzanin Massoumi, David Miller and Tom Mills Part II: Islamophobia, Counter-terrorism and the State 2. Islamophobia as Ideology of U.S. Empire - Arun Kundnani 3. Islamophobia and Empire: An Intermestic Approach to the Study of Anti-Muslim Racism - Deepa Kumar 4. The U.K. Counter-terrorism Matrix: Structural Racism and the Case of Mahdi Hashi - Asim Qureshi 5. The ‘War on Terror’ and the Attack on Muslim Civil Society - Shenaz Bunglawala Part III: Social Movements From Above 6. Mainstreaming Anti-Muslim Prejudice: The Rise of the Islamophobia Industry in American Electoral Politics - Nathan C. Lean 7. Terror Incognito: Black Flags, Plastic Swords and Other Weapons of Mass Disruption in Australia - Scott Poynting and Linda Briskman 8. Islamophobia, Counter-extremism and the Counterjihad Movement - Hilary Aked 9. The Transatlantic Network: Funding Islamophobia and Israeli Settlements - Sarah Marusek 10. The Neoconservative Movement: Think Tanks as Elite Elements of Social Movements from Above - Tom Griffin, David Miller and Tom Mills 11. Liberal and Left Movements and the Rise of Islamophobia - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller Part IV: Fighting Back 12. Fighting Back: Challenging the State and Social Movements from Above - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller Notes on Contributors Index

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'A masterful volume, intellectually provocative... it challenges the basic assumptions of the Islamophobia scholarship field... A must read for any person concerned with the current period and the rising tide of bigotry and racism.' -- Hatem Bazian, founder of the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, University of California at Berkeley 'A remarkably courageous and painstakingly evidence-based book... This unique and much needed framework for understanding Islamophobia is a must read for social scientists, policy makers and human rights activists alike!' -- Salma Yaqoob, Political Activist and Head of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition

'A masterful volume, intellectually provocative... it challenges the basic assumptions of the Islamophobia scholarship field... A must read for any person concerned with the current period and the rising tide of bigotry and racism.' -- Hatem Bazian, founder of the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, University of California at Berkeley 'A remarkably courageous and painstakingly evidence-based book... This unique and much needed framework for understanding Islamophobia is a must read for social scientists, policy makers and human rights activists alike!' -- Salma Yaqoob, Political Activist and Head of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition The best study I have ever seen of this scourge that now plagues the world. The range and precision of analysis concludes on a note of hopeful solidarity that builds on a critique of the left, certain sections of which have 'adopted de facto racist positions'. -- Joel Kovel, author of Overcoming Zionism (2007) and The Lost Traveller's Dream (2017) This volume is a critical contribution to a better understanding of Islamophobia. Through different studies in numerous countries the reader gets an in-depth picture of this new phenomenon which has to do with state policies, structural racism and ideological instrumentalisation of fear. A must read if we want to find the right strategy to counter racism against Muslims around the world. -- Tariq Ramadan, author of Radical Reform, Radical Ijtihad (2008) This important, thoughtful and disturbing book could not be more timely. Islamophobia, the new racism, has become increasingly entrenched and respectable, even in certain liberal circles. The authors compel us to examine our institutions, face unwelcome facts, and revise some of our culturally entrenched positions and assumptions. Only thus can we pull back from an unthinkable moral, spiritual and political disaster. -- Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God

Author Information

Narzanin Massoumi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-19) at the University of Bath. She is the author of Muslim Women, Social Movements and the 'War on Terror' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and the co-editor of What is Islamophobia? (Pluto, 2017). Tom Mills is Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University. He is the author of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service (Verso, 2016) and the co-editor of What is Islamophobia? (Pluto, 2017). David Miller is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. He is the co-editor of What is Islamophobia? (Pluto, 2017) and the author of Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy (Pluto, 2007) and A Century of Spin (Pluto, 2007).

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