Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 years after 9/11 by Deepa Kumar (Eng

Description: Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire by Deepa Kumar A critically acclaimed analysis of anti-Muslim racism from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, in a fully revised and expanded second edition. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the "War on Terror." Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti-Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia argues that empire creates the conditions for anti-Muslim racism, which in turn sustains empire.This book, now updated to include the end of the Trumps presidency, offers a clear and succinct explanation of how Islamophobia functions in the United States both as a set of coercive policies and as a body of ideas that take various forms: liberal, conservative, and rightwing. The matrix of anti-Muslim racism charts how various institutions—the media, think tanks, the foreign policy establishment, the university, the national security apparatus, and the legal sphere—produce and circulate this particular form of bigotry. Anti-Muslim racism not only has horrific consequences for people in Muslim-majority countries who become the targets of an endless War on Terror, but for Muslims and those who "look Muslim" in the West as well. Author Biography Deepa Kumar is an award-winning scholar and activist, and Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University. Her writing has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the BBC, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, the New York Times, NPR, and Al Jazeera. Table of Contents TOC:Foreword, by Nadine NaberPreface to the Revised Second EditionIntroduction: Islamophobia Is Anti-Muslim Racism 1. Empire, Race, Orientalism: The Case of Spain, Britain, and France 2. The United States, Orientalism, and Modernization3. The Ideology of Islamophobia4. "Good" and "Bad" Muslims: The Foreign Policy Establishment and the "Islamic Threat" 5. Empires Changing Clothes: Bush, Obama, Trump6. Terrorizing Muslims: Domestic Security and the Racialized Threat 7. The New McCarthyites: The Right-wing Islamophobia Network and Their Liberal EnablersConclusion: Empire and the Matrix of Anti-Muslim RacismAcknowledgments Notes Index Review In this deftly argued book, Kumar unearths a genealogy of colonial construction that goes back to the earliest contacts between Muslims and Europeans. But the real power of her argument is when she grabs the politics of ideological domination by the throat and, with an astonishing moral and intellectual force, sets the record straight as to who and what the players are in turning a pathological fear of Muslims into a cornerstone of imperial hegemony. This is a must read on both sides of the Atlantic, where from mass murderers in Europe to military professors at the US military academies are in the business of manufacturing fictive enemies out of their fanciful delusions. Deepa Kumar has performed a vital public service. -- Hamid Dabashi * Columbia University, and author of The Arab Spring *In this remarkable primer Deepa Kumar expertly shows how racism is central to contemporary US imperial politics. An antiracist and antiwar activist, as well as a model scholar-teacher, Kumar has written a comprehensive and most readable guide to exposing and opposing the hatred of Islam. -- Gilbert Achcar * University of London and author, The Arabs and the Holocaust *This is a timely and crucial book. From historical roots to ideological causes, Islamophobia is studied in a holistic, profound and serious way. The reader will understand why we need to stop being both naive and blind. There will be no peaceful and just future in our democratic societies if we do not fight this new type of dangerous racism. -- Tariq Ramadan * Oxford University *Indispensable to anyone wanting to understand one of the most persistent forms of racism in the US and Europe. Kumar demonstrates that Islamophobic myths did not arise spontaneously after the end of the Cold War but are rooted in centuries of conquest and colonialism, from the Crusades to the War on Terror. Kumars text will be a crucial corrective to those who fail to see that the origins of the Islam problem lie in empire not sharia -- Arun Kudnani * author of The Muslims Are coming! *[Kumars] innovative understanding of Islamophobia raises important and wide-ranging questions about empire, the war on terror and its inherent contradictions. -- Mariana Vieira * International Affairs * Promotional A critically acclaimed analysis of anti-Muslim racism from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, in a fully revised and expanded second edition. Review Quote "Two decades ago, as the imperial politics of Islamophobia went on a rampage first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq, Deepa Kumar mapped out in precise theoretical detail the where, when, what and why of its operations. The first edition of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire was a pathbreaking contribution to our understanding of the relationship between anti-Muslim racism and empire. This revised and fully updated edition is even more powerful, comprehensive and erudite." --Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, author of Brown Skin, White Masks "This capacious, ambitious tour de force of history and cultural analysis explores the winding path of ideas about Islam from early modern Europe to the contemporary US. It examines the politics of religion, the construction of race, and the work of empire in intertwining the two ... A timely, necessary book, richly interdisciplinary, that contributes to American Studies, International Relations, Race and Ethnic studies, Religion, History, Anthropology, Middle East Studies, Legal Studies, Cultural Studies and related fields." --Melani McAlister, George Washington University, author of Epic Encounters "If you want to know how knowledge can effectively push back against racism, this is the book you need to read now. Ambitious in its historical sweep, incisive in its analysis of the ideological and institutional matrix of Islamophobia that has unfolded in the US over the past two decades, remarkable for its mobilization of eye-opening evidence and the best critical thinking about the racialization and securitization of Muslims, Kumars book is not just bold but lucid and accessible." --Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University, author of Do Muslim Women Need Saving? "Writing with forceful clarity, Deepa Kumar excavates the deep roots of orientalist colonial discourses and demonstrates how the project of empire has been shared across the political spectrum--from conservatives to liberals ... a major contribution both to critical cultural studies as well as a host of related fields." --Sut Jhally, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, author of Enlightened Racism "If you read one book to mark the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, the second edition of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire must be that book ... the most remarkable and comprehensive contribution to date regarding the study of Islamophobia since 2001." --Stephen Sheehi, William and Mary, author of Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign against Muslims "This expanded and compelling edition of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire is one of the most important books in the war on terror era. It is comprehensive, informative, and well researched, and written in clear and accessible language. This brilliant author offers an accurate understanding of the matrix of anti-racism, which is sorely needed to push back against structural racism ... This remarkable book packs a wealth of information and has a sharp and perceptive analysis. Its straightforward style of writing makes it mandatory reading for a global audience." --Peter Hervik, Aalborg University, author of The Annoying Difference "Twenty years after 9/11, Kumar sheds new light on empire, anti-Muslim racism, and the toll of the war on terror, a war that has permeated every aspect of life from securitization to surveillance technologies to our understandings of terrorism ... The analysis of how Muslims have been racialized in different ways in the context of empire from the early modern era to the present is a major contribution to critical race studies. This book is comprehensive, illuminating, and inspiring--a tour de force!" --Jasbir K. Puar, Rutgers University, author of Terrorist Assemblages "A very impressive book that traces the historical legacy of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism to the politics of European and American empires in the so-called Muslim world. Kumar insightfully argues that Muslims had been racialized long before Islamophobia grew in the US ... a must-read for anybody interested in understanding the persistence of Islamophobia in the West." --Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University, author of Of Empires and Citizens "This important and prescient book well deserves a second edition. It has gotten so much more than a postscript or update as Kumar writes in new and extended ways about US militarism and imperial thinking and action around Islam and the Middle East. She shows how they continue to flourish through the putative end of the US war in Afghanistan and the end of the Trump presidency." --Catherine Lutz, Brown University, author of Homefront "Kumar interrogates the relationship between Islamophobia, colonialism, and imperialism in this timely and important new edition. Using a multifocal approach to race and racism, Kumar deconstructs the reduction of Islamophobia to religious intolerance and offers a critical perspective on the multiple intersecting discourses and practices of anti-Muslim racism. A must-read for both academics and non-academics, the book also sheds light on the media-state-empire nexus in the operation of current racial regimes." --Minoo Moallem, University of California, Berkeley, author of Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister "Islamophobia is the new anti-Semitism of our time and the Muslim has now replaced the Jew in the racialized imagination of the Euro-American West. Deepa Kumar, an erudite scholar-activist, traces the rise of Islamophobia back to its roots in earliest days of Europes colonization and racialization of the world ... A superb, necessary book, written with careful research, wisdom, and passion." --Aijaz Ahmed, University of California, Irvine, author of In Theory "Kumar has written a conceptually sophisticated and historically rich book. This second edition is strengthened by her deeper analysis of the matrix of anti-Muslim racism, the political economy of empire, and of imperialist feminism. A must-read for all who want to understand Islam Details ISBN1788737210 Author Deepa Kumar Short Title Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1788737210 ISBN-13 9781788737210 Format Paperback Pages 304 US Release Date 2021-09-07 Publisher Verso Books Imprint Verso Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-09-07 NZ Release Date 2021-09-07 UK Release Date 2021-09-07 Subtitle 20 years after 9/11 DEWEY 305.697 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-11-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133948588;

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