Anti-racist Discourses on Muslims in Australian Parliamentary Debates

2012 Anti-racism

Author : Jennifer Cheng
Release : 2012
Genre : Anti-racism
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Download or read book Anti-racist Discourses on Muslims in Australian Parliamentary Debates written by Jennifer Cheng. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Using critical discourse analysis, this thesis identified the existence of 'culturalist racism' in Australian parliamentary debates and investigated how politicians contested this... Parliamentary speeches from 2006-2007 showed that politicians' anti-racist talk about Muslims employed the concept of culturalist racism... This thesis makes two important contributions to existing research on racist and anti-racist political discourses. From a theoretical perspective, it shows that racism against Muslims is possible due to the way in which Muslim identities are essentialised through a complex blend of religion, culture and ethnicity. From a practical perspective, it develops new techniques for analysing anti-racist political discourses." -- abstract.

Anti-racist Discourse on Muslims in the Australian Parliament

2017-11-15 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Jennifer E. Cheng
Release : 2017-11-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Anti-racist Discourse on Muslims in the Australian Parliament written by Jennifer E. Cheng. This book was released on 2017-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anti-racist Discourse on Muslims in the Australian Parliament examines anti-racist discourse in contemporary Australian politics, in particular, how politicians contest and challenge racism against a minority group that does not constitute a traditional ‘race’. Using critical discourse analysis, this book firstly deconstructs the racist, xenophobic and discriminatory arguments against Muslims. Secondly, it highlights the anti-racist counter-discourse to these arguments. Since blatantly racist statements are less common nowadays, the book focuses on manifestations of ‘culturalist racism’. It does this by investigating how talk about Muslims positions them as not Australian or as not belonging to Australia – the book takes such ‘discursive exclusion from the nation’ as one of the most widespread forms of ‘culturalist racism’ in Western liberal-democracies. In addition to contributing to the theoretical discussion on the relationship between Muslims, racism and anti-racism, the book expands on methods that apply critical discourse analysis and the discourse-historical approach by providing a practical guide to analysing anti-racist political discourses.

Islam and the Future of Tolerance

2015-10-06 Religion

Author : Sam Harris
Release : 2015-10-06
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book Islam and the Future of Tolerance written by Sam Harris. This book was released on 2015-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A civil but honest dialogue...As illuminating as it is fascinating.” —Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem to be drawn to extremism? And what do words like jihadism and fundamentalism really mean? In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Sam Harris—a famous atheist—and Maajid Nawaz—a former radical—demonstrate how two people with very different religious views can find common ground and invite you to join in an urgently needed conversation. “How refreshing to read an honest yet affectionate exchange between the Islamist-turned-liberal-Muslim Maajid Nawaz and the neuroscientist who advocates mindful atheism, Sam Harris...Their back-and-forth clarifies multiple confusions that plague the public conversation about Islam.” —Irshad Manji, New York Times Book Review “It is sadly uncommon, in any era, to find dialogue based on facts and reason—but even more rarely are Muslim and non-Muslim intellectuals able to maintain critical distance on broad questions about Islam. Which makes Islam and the Future of Tolerance something of a unicorn...Most conversations about religion are marked by the inability of either side to listen, but here, at last, is a proper debate.” —New Statesman

Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe

2020-06-02 Social Science

Author : Ov Cristian Norocel
Release : 2020-06-02
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe written by Ov Cristian Norocel. This book was released on 2020-06-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book shows how the politics of migration affect community building in the 21st century, drawing on both retrogressive and progressive forms of mobilization. It elaborates theoretically and shows empirically how the two master frames of nostalgia and hope are used in local, national and transnational settings, in and outside conventional forms of doing politics. It expands on polarized societal processes and external events relevant for the transformation of European welfare systems and the reproduction of national identities today. It evidences the importance of gender in the narrative use of the master frames of nostalgia and hope, either as an ideological tool for right-wing populist and extreme right retrogressive mobilization or as an essential element of progressive intersectional politics of hope. It uses both comparative and single case studies to address different perspectives, and by means of various methodological approaches, the manner in which the master frames of nostalgia and hope are articulated in the politics of culture, welfare, and migration. The book is organized around three thematic sections whereby the first section deals with right-wing populist party politics across Europe, the second section deals with an articulation of politics beyond party politics by means of retrogressive mobilization, and the third and last section deals with emancipatory initiatives beyond party politics as well.

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