Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Bangstad, Sindre, 1973-
• Contents: Front cover -- About the author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- In Memoriam -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.15234092; Mass murderers -- Norway -- Utøya; Domestic terrorism -- Norway -- Utøya; Islamophobia -- Norway -- Utøya; Terrorist attack; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Domestic terrorism; Islamophobia; Mass murderers; Anschläge in Norwegen; Terrorismus; Massenmord; Islamfeindlichkeit; Norway -- Utøya; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783600090; 1783600098; 9781306862141; 1306862140; 9781783600106; 1783600101; 9781783600083; 1783600071; 9781783600076
• Related ISBNs: 178360008X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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