Thinking Through Islamophobia - Global Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor S. Sayyid is Reader in Rhetoric and Director of the Centre of Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of A Fundamental Fear and co-editor of A Postcolonial People, also available from Hurst. AbdoolKarim Vakil is Lecturer in the Departments of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and History at King's College London. Klappentext Since Al Qaeda's attacks on America in 2001, 'Islamophobia' has entered common parlance. This book considers attitudes towards Islam and Muslims in Russia, investigates the concept in Western democracies, and analyses the meanings of 'Islamophobia'. It analyses the ways in which the rights of Muslims are contested in various parts of the world.

Product details

• Authors: S. (EDT)/ Vakil Sayyid, Salman Sayyid
• Assisted by: Salman Sayyid (Editor), Abdoolkarim Vakil (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2010
• EAN: 9780199327287
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932728-7
• No. of pages: 319
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education