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For the Muslims
Islamophobia in France
«Thank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard.»
Peter Oborne
'There is aproblem with Islam in France,' a respected member of the prestigious Academie Francaise recently proclaimed, regretting that this 'concern for civilization' should be 'abandoned to the Front National'. Les mer
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'There is aproblem with Islam in France,' a respected member of the prestigious Academie Francaise recently proclaimed, regretting that this 'concern for civilization' should be 'abandoned to the Front National'. In response to the intellectual banalization of a discourse similar to that which maintained the existence of a 'Jewish problem' in France, before the European catastrophe, this book takes the side of French compatriots of Muslim origin, culture or belief, against those who make them into scapegoats for our disquiets and uncertainties. At stake is not just solidarity but fidelity. Fidelity to our history, to our memory, to ourheritage. In defence of the Muslims, therefore, as our predecessors wrote indefence of the Jews, the blacks or the Roma, but also in defence of minorities and the oppressed. Or, quite simply, of France. The author has added a new preface after the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 and the resultant state backlash.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 112
- ISBN
- 9781784784867
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Thank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard.»
Peter Oborne
«An urgent and necessary warning cry against hatred and the politics of fear and indifference that fuels it. From the Dreyfus affair to the aftermath of the Paris attacks of 2015, Plenel shows how the normalization of a far-right narrative of rejection, exclusion and otherness will have consequences for us all.»
Simon Hooper
«A powerful call to address the empathy deficit and intellectual poverty which underlies the 'obsessive Islamophobia' of much French public discourse. Noting that Islamophobia now performs the cultural function once assigned to anti-Semitism,For the Muslims is a polemic against indifference. Plenel resurrects France's heritage of critical thought to call on his fellow citizens and others to develop a competing imaginary to the one established by rampant xenophobia.»
Priyamvada Gopal
«An important book about one of the most pressing issues facing modern Europe. Insightful, historically grounded and detailed, it's required reading.»
Murtaza Hussain