What is islamophobia? : racism, social movements and the state / edited by Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills & David Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Massoumi, Narzanin, editor.

Mills, Tom, 1981- editor.

Miller, David, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamophobia.

Islam--Public opinion.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2017.

Summary:

Reveals the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and right.

Contents:

Cover

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, Tom Mills and David Miller

Part II: Islamophobia, Counter-Terrorism and the State

2. Islamophobia as Ideology of US Empire - Arun Kundnani

3. Islamophobia and Empire: An Intermestic Approach to the Study of Anti-Muslim Racism - Deepa Kumar

4. The UK 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 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 Islamphobia - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller

Part IV: Fighting Back

12. Fighting Back: Challening the State and Social Movements from Above - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78680-068-3

OCLC:

993083290