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Islamophobia<http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Islamophobia-and-the-Politics-of-Empire>
and the Politics of
Empire<http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Islamophobia-and-the-Politics-of-Empire>
By
Deepa Kumar
"A
timely and crucial book. From historical roots to ideological causes,
Islamophobia
is studied in a holistic, profound and serious way."
–– Tariq Ramadan, Oxford University
[cid:part1.09090809.06060407@rutgers.edu]
In response to the
events of 9/11, the Bush
administration launched a “war on terror” ushering in an era of anti-Muslim
racism, or Islamophobia. However, 9/11 did not create Islamophobia, an ideology
which has become the handmaiden of imperialism. This book examines the historic
relationship between Islamophobia and the agenda of empire building.
Praise for Islamophobia
and the Politics of Empire:
"Deepa Kumar's
Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire could not be more timely. In this
deftly argued book, Kumar unearths a genealogy of colonial construction that
goes back to the earliest contacts between Muslims and Europeans. But the real
power of her argument is when she grabs the politics of ideological domination
by the throat and, with an astonishing moral and intellectual force, sets the
record straight as to who and what the players are in turning a pathological
fear of Muslims into a cornerstone of imperial hegemony. This is a must read on
both sides of the Atlantic, where from mass murderers in Europe to military
professors at the US military academies are in the business of manufacturing
fictive enemies out of their fanciful delusions. Deepa Kumar has performed a
vital public service."
–– Hamid Dabashi,
Columbia University, and author, The Arab Spring: The End of
Postcolonialism
This important book sets
out to debunk Orientalist myths in particular that historical encounters
between Islam and the West can be understood through a clash of civilisations
framework. The author explores the specific historical and political contexts
of this relationship from the Crusades to Obama providing a nuanced and
extensive analysis. Kumar presents these arguments with a force and passion
that is supported by a wealth of evidence. A must for scholars of Islam, social
and political science and international relations
–– Elizabeth Poole,
author, Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims
"In this remarkable
primer Deepa Kumar expertly shows how racism is central to contemporary US
imperial politics in ways similar to previous imperial wars, including the one
that constituted the United States over the dead bodies of indigenous
“redskins.” An antiracist and antiwar activist, as well as a model
scholar-teacher, Kumar has written a comprehensive and most readable guide to
exposing and opposing the hatred of Islam."
–– Gilbert Achcar,
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and
author, The Arabs and the Holocaust
"Against the
historical backdrop of the rise of pax Americana in a unipolar world, Deepa
Kumar's Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire stands out as a powerful and
comprehensive overview of Islamophobia, forcefully underscoring its role as a
keystone to maintaining US political and economic power abroad while
simultaneously managing American politics and critical dissent at home. Prof.
Kumar meticulously maps historical developments within the formation of
American Islamophobia and names the players, institutions and strategies
central to the phenomenon, insightfully marking its permutations within Right
wing civilizational discourses and the soft power and humanitarian discourses
of American liberals."
–– Stephen Sheehi,
author, Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign against Muslims
"Islamophobia and
the Politics of Empire will be indispensable to anyone wanting to understand
one of the most persistent forms of racism in the US and Europe. Kumar
demonstrates that Islamophobic myths did not arise spontaneously after the end
of the Cold War but are rooted in centuries of conquest and colonialism, from
the Crusades to the 'War on Terror'. Arguing with precision and clarity, she
shows how these myths have been systematically circulated by liberals as much
as conservatives, and usefully lays bare the complex ways in which the US
foreign policy establishment has, in different contexts, instrumentalized
Islamic political movements and exploited anti-Muslim racism. Kumar's text will
be a crucial corrective to those who fail to see that the origins of the 'Islam
problem' lie in empire not sharia."
–– Arun Kundnani,
author, The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st century Britain
Deepa Kumar is an Associate Professor of Media Studies
and Middle East Studies at Rutgers University and the author of Outside
the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization and the UPS Strike. Kumar has
contributed to numerous outlets including the BBC, USA Today, and
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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