Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia ( 1 )

Publication series :1

Author: Bangstad   Sindre  

Publisher: Zed Books‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781783600090

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783600076

Subject: C91 Sociology;D815 international problem

Keyword: 社会学,国际问题

Language: ENG

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Description

A provocative account of the Norwegian terror attacks, and the Islamophobic discourses that shaped Anders Breiviks beliefs.

Chapter

Dedication

1 Human Terror

Terror unexpected: Oslo and Utøya, 22 July 2011

A terrorist among us

Marketing terror

Never again

The 22/7 Commission report

Islamophobic discourse and Islamophobia’s mainstreaming

Norway and the rise of the far right

Freedom of expression

Fighting words, fighting deeds

The weight of words

2 Muslims in Norway

What is a Muslim? Norwegian Muslims between categorization and self-identification

Muslims and everyday discrimination

Narratives of victimhood: the rise of Salafism in Norway

IslamNet: puritan-activist Salafis

The Prophet’s Ummah: angry brown men

A centre which cannot hold?

3 The Fear of Small Numbers: On Reading a Terrorist Tract

A declaration of independence

Propaganda by deed

Behring Breivik’s main influences

‘Fjordman’s’ identity revealed

The properties of language

Political correctness

Cultural Marxists

The ‘heroic’ visionary

Multiculturalism

The question of racism

The construction of Islam and of Muslims

A pro-Zionist anti-Semite

Why social democrats, and not Muslims?

4 Convergences

The aftermath

The Progress Party and the mainstreaming of Islamophobic discourse in Norway

Islamization by stealth

The rhetoric intensifies: 2010 to 2011

The role of other parties

The role of the media

5 Dusklands: The Eurabia Genre

Introducing ‘Eurabia’

The letter to Lady Liberty

Connecting the US–Euro dots: Bruce Bawer

Introducing ‘Eurabia’ to Norwegian television viewers

Truth, lies and a documentary

The documentary

Instrumentalizing white heat

The PP’s parliamentary motion on the hijab

Conclusion

6 The Weight of Words

Words and acts

Freedom of speech in the era of the internet

Norwegian conceptions of the public sphere

The first Commission on Freedom of Expression and The Dangerous Freedom of Expression, 1993

The Commission on Freedom of Expression, 1996–99

Habermas, rationality and modern public spheres

Concluding credo

Notes

References

Index

Back cover

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