The New Xenophobia
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ISBN:
9780199463589
Publication date:
20/01/2016
Paperback
232 pages
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ISBN:
9780199463589
Publication date:
20/01/2016
Paperback
232 pages
Tabish Khair
Rights: World Rights
Tabish Khair
Description
Xenophobia, the fear or dislike of strangers, can be seen throughout the course of history in the form of communal riots, racist attacks, religious hatred, and genocide. Hindu–Muslim riots in India, Sinhalese–Tamil tensions in Sri Lanka, ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia, purging of Shias and Sunnis in Iraq and Syria, skinheads attacking immigrants, and the Jewish holocaust in Europe are a few examples. In The New Xenophobia, Tabish Khair studies this fear in a historical, philosophical, and socio-economic context. Tracing the changes in xenophobic thinking over the past three decades, he examines the unexplored relationship of xenophobia with power and capitalism and shows how changes in capitalism have altered the image of the stranger. Through his study, Khair provides new insights into racism and slavery, and fresh perspectives on the rise of ethnic, cultural, and religious politics in today’s age of globalization.
About the author:
Tabish Khair is a critically acclaimed author and poet. His other studies are recognized as significant contributions in areas as diverse as Indian English literature, travel writing, post colonialism, and gothic fiction. He has won the All India Poetry Prize and his novels have been shortlisted for various major awards and translated into several languages. The Thing about Thugs was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize (2010) and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2012). At present, he teaches English at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Tabish Khair
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Strange Fear
1. The Making of a Stranger
2. The Changing Face of Xenophobia
3. Racism, Nationalism, and Nazism
4. Capital and New Xenophobia
5. Deceptive Violence
6. New Xenophobia and Old Xenophobia Conclusion: Emotion, Reason, Structure
Notes
Index
Tabish Khair
Tabish Khair
Review
"Khair's book, written in a captivating and highly introspective tone contributes to a better understanding of the "civil" forms of new xenophobia, coming up in many developed countries today. We are in concordance with the author's opinion that somebody cannot combat xenophobia through preaches about love or the espousal of multiculturalism but only by insisting on human equality in terms of power, mainly based on legislation."
-Peggy Karpouzou -Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich, LXIV
Description
Xenophobia, the fear or dislike of strangers, can be seen throughout the course of history in the form of communal riots, racist attacks, religious hatred, and genocide. Hindu–Muslim riots in India, Sinhalese–Tamil tensions in Sri Lanka, ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia, purging of Shias and Sunnis in Iraq and Syria, skinheads attacking immigrants, and the Jewish holocaust in Europe are a few examples. In The New Xenophobia, Tabish Khair studies this fear in a historical, philosophical, and socio-economic context. Tracing the changes in xenophobic thinking over the past three decades, he examines the unexplored relationship of xenophobia with power and capitalism and shows how changes in capitalism have altered the image of the stranger. Through his study, Khair provides new insights into racism and slavery, and fresh perspectives on the rise of ethnic, cultural, and religious politics in today’s age of globalization.
About the author:
Tabish Khair is a critically acclaimed author and poet. His other studies are recognized as significant contributions in areas as diverse as Indian English literature, travel writing, post colonialism, and gothic fiction. He has won the All India Poetry Prize and his novels have been shortlisted for various major awards and translated into several languages. The Thing about Thugs was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize (2010) and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2012). At present, he teaches English at Aarhus University, Denmark.
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"Khair's book, written in a captivating and highly introspective tone contributes to a better understanding of the "civil" forms of new xenophobia, coming up in many developed countries today. We are in concordance with the author's opinion that somebody cannot combat xenophobia through preaches about love or the espousal of multiculturalism but only by insisting on human equality in terms of power, mainly based on legislation."
-Peggy Karpouzou -Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich, LXIV
Read MoreTable of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Strange Fear
1. The Making of a Stranger
2. The Changing Face of Xenophobia
3. Racism, Nationalism, and Nazism
4. Capital and New Xenophobia
5. Deceptive Violence
6. New Xenophobia and Old Xenophobia Conclusion: Emotion, Reason, Structure
Notes
Index
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