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008 120720s2012 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012023891
020 $a9781608462117 (alk. paper)
020 $a1608462110 (alk. paper)
024 $a40021178486
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn801355394
035 $a(OCoLC)801355394
035 $a(NNC)9600034
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dYDX$dOCLCO$dYDXCP$dNTD
050 00 $aBP52$b.I8543 2012
082 00 $a305.6/97$223
100 1 $aKumar, Deepa,$d1968-
245 10 $aIslamophobia and the politics of empire /$cDeepa Kumar.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bHaymarket Books,$c2012.
300 $a238 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aImages 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 -- Political Islam and US policy -- 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 -- Islamophobia and domestic politics -- 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.
650 0 $aIslam$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aMuslims$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aIslamophobia.
650 0 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
650 0 $aIslam in mass media.
852 00 $bleh$hBP52$i.I8543 2012