Islamophobia/Islamophilia

Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend is a 2010 book edited by Andrew Shryock, published by Indiana University Press.

Schryock argues that Islamophilia and Islamophobia both come from a similar logic in Western cultures.[1]

The book originated from the first conference of the Islamic Studies Institute (ISI), which was held in 2007 at the University of Michigan.[2]

Background

The editor, Andrew Schryock, is a codirector of the ISI and an Associate Professor of Anthropology of the University of Michigan.[3]

Contents

The editor wrote the introduction. As the ISI is based in the United States, over half of the content is related to the U.S., and there is one chapter each about France and Germany,[4] as well as content about Lebanon.[1] Zareena A. Grewal of Yale University wrote that the wide amount of social settings and topics covered by the book is "One of the great strengths".[5] The book is divided into multiple parts.

Part I, "Continuities and Transformations":[6]

Part II, "Modern (Self) Criticism"

Part III, "Violence and Conversion in Europe"[11]

Part IV, "Attraction and Revulsion in Shared Space" - Discusses U.S. and Canadian Islamophobia[11]

Carol Fadda-Conrey of Syracuse University wrote that "What these essays in Islamophobia/Islamophilia make evident, both individually and collectively, is that the discourse of hate and love mobilized in constructions of Muslims as enemies and friends should be examined, and challenged, within the specific historical, local, and political frameworks from which they emerge."[12]

Reception

Grewal stated that "Overall, the volume is an impressive collection of serious discursive analyses that heighten our sensitivities to the forms arguments about Islam take".[8]

Ian Law of the School of Sociology and Social Policy of the University of Leeds stated that the book was an "excellent collection" that "contains vivid case study material" and that "should be recognized for both its new approach to theorizing the complex and ambivalent relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, and for advancing our understanding of how to move forward in this field."[4]

Juliane Hammer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrote that the book successfully integrates the individual essays together,[11] and that the book is "highly recommended for a range of scholars and students in disciplines interested in identity construction, dynamics of media representations, the interplay of religious self-understanding, praxis, and public perception, and the implications of "Islam and modernity" discourses in contemporary global politics.[13]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Fadda-Conrey, p. 277.
  2. Law, p. 156.
  3. "Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend" (Archive). The Journal of the International Institute. Retrieved on December 2, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law, p. 157.
  5. Grewal, p. 218.
  6. 1 2 3 Hammer, p. 138.
  7. 1 2 Fadda-Conrey, p. 278.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grewal, p. 219.
  9. 1 2 Fadda-Conrey, p. 279.
  10. Hammer, p. 138-139.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Hammer, p. 139.
  12. 1 2 3 Fadda-Conrey, p. 280.
  13. Hammer, p. 139-140.

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