Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia
Sindre Bangstad
(Author)
Description
In late July 2011, Norway was struck by the worst terror attacks in its history. In a fertilizer-bomb attack on Government Headquarters in Oslo and a one-hour-long shooting spree at the Labour Party Youth Camp at Ut ya, seventy-seven people, mostly teenagers, were killed by Anders Behring Breivik. By targeting young future social democratic leaders, his actions were meant to lead to the downfall of Europe's purportedly multiculturalist elites, thus removing an obstacle to his plans for an ethnic cleansing of Muslims from Europe.
In this highly original work, leading Norwegian social anthropologist Sindre Bangstad reveals how Breivik's beliefs were not simply the result of a deranged mind, but rather they are the result of the political mainstreaming of pernicious racist and Islamophobic discourses. These ideas, currently gaining common currency, threaten equal rights to dignity, citizenship and democratic participation for minorities throughout contemporary Europe. An authoritative account of the Norwegian terror attacks and the neo-racist discourse that motivated them.Product Details
Price
$26.95
Publisher
Zed Books
Publish Date
June 12, 2014
Pages
286
Dimensions
5.49 X 8.57 X 0.93 inches | 0.01 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781783600076
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About the Author
Sindre Bangstad is a Norwegian social anthropologist. He worked as an associate professor at Oslo University College in Oslo, Norway from 2008 to 2010, and from 2010 to 2013 was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of the award-winning book The Faces of Secularism.Sindre Bangstad is a Norwegian social anthropologist. He worked as an associate professor at Oslo University College in Oslo, Norway from 2008 to 2010, and from 2010 to 2013 was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of the award-winning book The Faces of Secularism.
Reviews
"In his compelling analysis of far-right political formations in Norway, social anthropologist Sindre Bangstad builds a strong case for the need to better understand how the mainstreaming of Islamophobic discourses across Europe creates grounds for the naturalization of violence. . . . Bangstad has produced a highly effective call for increased introspection on the part of Norwegians about how they represent their Muslim minorities, which also holds great resonance for those in other countries with growing Muslim minorities across Europe and North America."
-- "American Ethnologist"
-- "American Ethnologist"
