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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821523003321

Autore

Bangstad Sindre <1973->

Titolo

Anders Breivik and the rise of Islamophobia / / Sindre Bangstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21846-4

1-78360-010-1

1-78360-011-X

1-78360-007-1

1-78360-009-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

364.15234092

Soggetti

Mass murderers - Norway - Utøya

Domestic terrorism - Norway - Utøya

Islamophobia - Norway - Utøya

Terrorist attack

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative account of the Norwegian terror attacks, and the Islamophobic discourses that shaped Anders Breivik's beliefs.