The uncultured wars : Arabs, Muslims and the poverty of liberal thought : new essays / Steven Salaita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salaita, Steven, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Americans--Social conditions.

Arab Americans.

Muslims--United States--Social conditions.

Muslims.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Social conditions.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 168 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Room 400, [2008]

Summary:

The Uncultured Wars is a powerful indictment of dominant American liberal-left discourse. Through twelve stylish essays Steven Salaita returns again and again to his core themes of anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia and the inadequacy of critical thought among the 'chattering classes', showing how racism continues to exist in the places where we would least expect it.

By looking at topics as diverse as 'Is Jackass unjustifiable?', 'Open-mindedness on Independence Day,' and 'Ambition, terrorism, and empathy,' Salaita explores why Arabs are marginalized, and who seeks to benefit from this. He goes on to make the case that Arabs and Muslims urgently need to be included in the conversations that people have about American geopolitics.

Contents:

Anti-Arab racism, American liberals, and the new civilian terrorists 5

The indispensably expendable 22

I was called up to commit genocide 33

Open-mindedness on Independence Day 51

Michael Moore does it again 53

Ambition, terrorism, and empathy 68

Is Jackass unjustifiable? 86

The perils and profits of doing comparative work 98

What is Michael Lerner really talking about? 117

Immigrants are not homogenous 126

Distress and bluster at Columbia; or, The day Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to academe and promptly emblematized terrorism 130

The zealots of clandestine faith 146.

ISBN:

9781848132351

1848132352

OCLC:

232980982