Governing the Fear of Islam: Thinking Islamophobia through the Politics of Secular Affect in Historical Debate

This article reflects on the historio-political quest for continuity and discontinuity between Orientalism and Islamophobia by looking at theories of emotions and the politics of secular affect in historical debate. It is argued that both contemporary Islamophobia and early twentieth-century colonia...

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Main Author: Lorenz Trein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2018-09-01
Series:ReOrient
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/reorient.4.1.0044