Title Islamophobia and the politics of empire / Deepa Kumar.

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Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2012.

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Description	238 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Images of Islam in Europe -- Early contact with Islam -- Al-Andalus and Muslim rule in Europe -- The crusades and the reconquista -- From polemic to indifference -- The Ottomans -- Romanticism and the Enlightenment -- Colonialism and Orientalism -- Napoleon and "enlightened" colonialism -- The characteristics of Orientalism -- American imperialism -- The persistence of Orientalist myths -- Myth one: Islam is a monolithic religion -- Myth two: Islam is a uniquely sexist religion -- Myth three: the "Muslim mind" Is incapable of reason and rationality -- Myth four: Islam is an inherently violent religion -- Myth five: Muslims are incapable of democracy and self-rule -- Allies and enemies : the United States and political Islam -- Islam and modernization -- Saudi Arabia and the King of Islam -- Iran and Afghanistan : irrational mullahs and freedom fighters -- Israel's enemies -- Islamists and the post-Cold War era -- The separation of mosque and state -- Orientalist myths -- The de facto separation of religion and politics -- Modernization and secularization -- The failures of Islamic revivalism -- Radical secular nationalism -- Political Islam : a historical analysis -- What is political Islam? -- The growth of political Islam -- Political Islam : mixed fortunes -- Political Islam through an anti-imperialist framework -- The foreign policy establishment and the "Islamic threat" -- The neocons -- The Israel connection -- Humanitarian imperialism -- September 11 and the Bush doctrine -- Obama and liberal imperialism -- Legalizing racism : Muslims and the attack on civil liberties -- Terrorizing Arabs and Muslims -- Surveillance, detention, and deportation -- Preemptive prosecution -- The terrorism spectacle -- Theories of radicalization -- Green scare : the making of the domestic Muslim enemy -- Manufacturing the green scare -- The "Ground Zero mosque" controversy -- The rise of the Islamophobic network -- Islamophobia and the new McCarthyism -- The new McCarthyites -- "Education" and media propaganda -- Mainstream and liberal enablers -- Systemic racism -- Conclusion : fighting Islamophobia.
Subject	Islam -- Public opinion.
	Muslims -- Public opinion.
	Islamophobia.
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
	Islam in mass media.
	War on Terrorism (2001-2009) (OCoLC)fst01754980
	Islam. (OCoLC)fst00979776
	Islam -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst00979824
	Islamophobia. (OCoLC)fst01737869
	Mass media. (OCoLC)fst01011219
	Muslims -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01031065
	Öffentliche Meinung. (DE-588)4043152-6
	Islamophobie. (DE-588)7640216-2
	Außenpolitik. (DE-588)4003846-4
	United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
	Islamische Staaten. (DE-588)4073172-8
Chronological Term	2001 - 2009
ISBN	9781608462117 (alkaline paper)
	1608462110 (alkaline paper)

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