Securitizing Islam [electronic resource] : identity and the search for security / Stuart Croft.
2012
HV6433.G7 C76 2012eb
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Securitizing Islam [electronic resource] : identity and the search for security / Stuart Croft.
Author
Croft, Stuart.
ISBN
9781139233941 (electronic bk.)
1139233947 (electronic bk.)
9781107020467 (hardcover)
1107020468
9781107632868 (paperback)
1107632862
1139233947 (electronic bk.)
9781107020467 (hardcover)
1107020468
9781107632868 (paperback)
1107632862
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
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HV6433.G7 C76 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.325/160941
Summary
"Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed, affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of millions"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Ontological security and Britishness
A post-Copenhagen securitization theory
'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness
'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism'
The construction of ontological insecurity
Conclusion.
Ontological security and Britishness
A post-Copenhagen securitization theory
'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness
'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism'
The construction of ontological insecurity
Conclusion.