What is Islamophobia?: Racism, Social Movements and the State

As racist undercurrents in many western societies become manifestly entrenched, the prevalence of Islamophobia - and the need to understand what perpetuates it - has never been greater. Critiquing the arguments found in notionally left accounts and addressing the limitations of existing responses, What is Islamophobia? demonstrates that Islamophobia is not simply a product of abstract, or discursive, ideological processes, but of concrete social, political and cultural actions undertaken in the pursuit of certain interests. The book centres on what the editors refer to as the 'five pillars of Islamophobia': the institutions and machinery of the state; the far right, incorporating the counterjihad movement; the neoconservative movement; the transnational Zionist movement; and assorted liberal groupings including the pro-war left, and the new atheist movement. The book concludes with reflections on existing strategies for tackling Islamophobia, considering what their distinctive approaches mean for fighting back.

Author: Narzanin Massoumi
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 06/20/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780745399577

About the Author
Narzanin Massoumi is a postdoctoral fellow in sociology at the University of Liverpool and the author of Muslim Women, Social Movements and the "War on Terror."Tom Mills is a lecturer in sociology and policy at Aston University in England and the author of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service. David Miller is professor of sociology at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He is the editor of Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy; Arguments Against G8; and Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq.

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