Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics: Aggressions and Exclusions

170 Pages·2017·1.06 MB·English

by  Kenneth J. Long

Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics

Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics
Aggressions and Exclusions
Kenneth J. Long
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 Mauthausen 1
2 Paris 13
3 Muslimfeindlichkeit 21
4 WhatisaMuslim? 37
5 Huntington 47
6 Stereotypes 59
7 Imperialism 69
8 ArabSpring 75
9 Tolerance,Secularism,andCulturalPluralism 83
10 CartoonsandSacrilege 99
11 MisrepresentationsfortheNonrepresented 107
12 LimitedDemocracyandQuestionableConvictions 119
Bibliography 137
Index 145
AbouttheAuthor 153
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Acknowledgments
I wish to thank my wonderful wife, Anita Durkin, for reading through the
manuscript and offering considerable editorial advice. She is a gifted writer
andscholar, andthisbookisnodoubt clearer becauseof her help.I amalso
indebted to the Fulbright Commission for my 2012 Fulbright at Johannes
Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria. JKU professor Evelyn Schuster
was pivotal in arranging for me to teach a course on Islamophobia while I
wasthere,andsheofferedbothhospitalityandmanyengagingconversations
aboutrelevantissues.JKUprofessorBettinaLeibetsederwasalsoinstrumen-
tal in introducing me to fellow University at Albany political science PhD,
Sandy Schram, and then talking the two of us into touring the Mauthausen
ConcentrationCampwithher.Thisbookis,inseveralways,theculmination
of my efforts to grapple with some of the issues the three of us discussed
during that visit. My friend and talented artist, Margaret Freedman, was
generousinagreeingtocreatetheartworkthatappearsonthisbook’scover.
Iamalsoindebtedtomyhomeinstitution,theUniversityofSaintJoseph,
both for a Spring 2015 sabbatical to work on this project, and for a remark-
ably helpful library staff. Inter-Library Loan Coordinator Kathleen Kelley
found for me many needed sources, some of them fairly difficult to locate.
Also instrumental in finding key material was the always-affable Reference
Librarian, Antoinette Collins. Library Director Linda Geffner added to our
university collection many of the books I requested, easing my work at the
same time she enriched our library. Library Assistants Stephanie Gruessner
and Tanya Robillard and Public Access Services Librarian Liz Lesso made
sureIhadmaterialsforaslongasIneededthem.
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