{"product_id":"the-muslim-problem-from-the-british-empire-to-islamophobia-9783030758417","title":"The Muslim Problem: From the British Empire to Islamophobia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains the increasing incidences and normalisation of Islamophobia, by analysing the role of signifiers of free speech, censorship, and fatwa during the \u003ci\u003eSatanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eaffair in problematising the figure of the Muslim. Ismail Patel develops the notion of Islamophobia not as a continuation of the antagonistic relation from the British Empire but as a postcolonial reformulation of the figure of the Muslim. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book views Islamophobia studies as a paradigm, engages in the debate of Islamophobia as a global phenomenon, investigates the contestation over its definition and challenges the view of Islamophobia as a reserve of the far-right. It assesses the debate around the concept of identity and shows how the colonised figure of the Muslim provided significance in constructing British imperial identity. Providing a decolonial, counter-Islamophobia approach that challenges Britishness’ exclusionary white symbolic content, the book calls for a liberating idea of Britishness that promotes a post-racist rather than a post-race society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheoretically rich in analysis, this book will contribute to discussions of identity formation, Britishness, Islamophobia and counter-Islamophobia. It will be of use to students and researchers across history, politics, sociology, cultural studies, literary studies, and anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Critical Muslim Studies and Islamophobia.- 1. Perspective and Knowledge Formation.- 2. Islamophobia.- Part 2. Britishness: A Colonial Formation.- 3. The Empire Project and the Britishness.- 4. The Empire Project and the Figure of the Muslim.- Part 3. The \u003ci\u003eSatanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eAffair and the Emergence of a Muslim Political Identity.- 5. The \u003ci\u003eSatanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eAffair.- 6. The Emergence of a Muslim Political Identity.- 7. Conclusion: Anti-Islamophobia and Decolonial Disobedience. ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516321751383,"sku":"9783030758417","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-muslim-problem-from-the-british-empire-to-islamophobia-9783030758417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}