ISBN:
9780739103395
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (358 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place
Parallel Title:
Print version Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam : Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization
DDC:
305.6/97104
Keywords:
Islam
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Five centuries after the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain, Europe is once again becoming a land of Islam. At the beginning of a new millennium, and in an era marked as one of globalization, Europe continues to wrestle with the issue of national identity, especially in the context of its Muslim citizens. Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam brings together distinguished scholars from Europe, the United States, and the Middle East in a dynamic discussion about the Muslim populations living in Europe and about Europe's role in framing Islam today. The book raises several crucial questions: Does Is
Description / Table of Contents:
TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES - The Middle East and "Others"; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Introduction: Islam and the Changing Identity of Europe; PART I - ISLAM, EUROPE, AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CHANGING NATION-STATE; 1 - Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam: On the Discourses of Identity and Culture; THE HEAD SCARF OBSERVED: FRAMING EUROPEAN ISLAM; ISLAM, EUROPE, AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CHANGING NATION-STATE; ISLAM IN EUROPE AND FARTHER AFIELD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES; HYBRIDITY AND THE NEW BORDERLANDS; NOTES
Description / Table of Contents:
2 - Muslim Migrants in Europe: Between Euro-Islam and GhettoizationTHE UNDERLYING ISSUES; HISTORY; THE INQUIRY: A CHALLENGE AND THE RESPONSES TO IT; PROSPECTS FORA EURO-ISLAM; SHEDDING LIGHT ON MUSLIM MIGRATION TO EUROPE: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; ISLAM IN THE WEST: WHAT CHOICES?; WESTERN-MUSLIM ENCOUNTERS: LESSONS FROM THE PAST; CULTURAL PLURALISM IS NOT MULTICULTURALISM; MINORITY RIGHTS AND MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITARIANISM ARE NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO EURO-ISLAM: WHY?; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; 3 - The Nation-State, the European Union, and Transnational Identities
Description / Table of Contents:
EUROPEAN CULTURE AND EUROPEAN IDENTITYNATIONAL, SUBNATIONAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES; NOTES; 4 - The Challenge of Islamic Networks and Citizenship Claims: Europe's Painful Adjustment to Globalization; THE CRISIS OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONAL MODEL; IDENTITIES, RIGHTS, AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN IDENTITY MOVEMENTS UNDER THE EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBALIZATION AND NETWORKS IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES; THE GLOBAL UMMA AS A TRANSNATIONAL NETWORK; PHASES OF MUSLIM IMMIGRATION: EMPIRE, GUEST WORKERS, AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS; GLOBAL SOURCES OF MUSLIM MIGRATION AFTER MAASTRICHT
Description / Table of Contents:
INCORPORATION AND IDENTITY AMONG EUROPEAN MUSLIMSEUROPEAN MUSLIM IDENTITIES UNDERGLOBALIZATION: SOME CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; 5 - Islam and the West in an Era of Globalization: Clash of Civilizations or Coexistence?; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; ETHNIC CONFLICT: THE BOSNIAN CASE; THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND ANTI-WESTERN SENTIMENTS; THE FAILURE OF MODERNIZATION AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL ISLAM; POLITICAL ISLAM AND THE WEST; PROSPECTS FOR COEXISTENCE; NOTES; PART II - ISLAM IN EUROPE AND FARTHER AFIELD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES; 6 - The Place of Muslims in British Secular Multiculturalism
Description / Table of Contents:
RACE AND EQUALITYBEYOND A LIBERAL POLITICS; RACIALIZATION AND IDENTITY; MUSLIM IDENTITY POLITICS; A RETREAT TO A LIBERAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE DISTINCTION; CONCLUDING NOTE; NOTES; 7 - Race, Culture, and Society: The French Experience with Muslims; FROM NATIVE ISLAM TO AN ISLAM OF SETTLEMENT; AN IN-DEPTH TRANSFORMATION: DESTRUCTURING; AN IN-DEPTH TRANSFORMATION: BEYOND THE CRISIS; THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A SUBJECT; DIFFERENTIAL RACISM AND ISLAM; REPUBLIC AND NATION; DISCUSSION: A DEADLOCK; ISLAM, RACISM, AND POLITICS IN FRANCE; CONCLUDING NOTE; NOTES
Description / Table of Contents:
8 - The Continental Divide: Islam and Muslim Identities in France and the United States
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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