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Author Bangstad, Sindre, 1973-

Title Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia
Published London : Zed Books, 2014

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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
Summary A provocative account of the Norwegian terror attacks, and the Islamophobic discourses that shaped Anders Breivik's beliefs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Breivik, Anders Behring, 1979-
SUBJECT Breivik, Anders Behring, 1979- fast
Hansen, Fjotolf 1979- gnd
Kampen Janitsjarorkester gnd
Subject Mass murderers -- Norway -- Utøya
Domestic terrorism -- Norway -- Utøya
Islamophobia -- Norway -- Utøya
Terrorist attack.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Domestic terrorism
Islamophobia
Mass murderers
Anschläge in Norwegen 2011
Terrorismus
Massenmord
Islamfeindlichkeit
Norway -- Utøya
Form Electronic book
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