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Casting Out - The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics (Paperback)
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Casting Out - The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics (Paperback)
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Three stereotypical figures have come to represent the 'war on
terror' - the 'dangerous' Muslim man, the 'imperilled' Muslim
woman, and the 'civilized' European. Casting Out explores the use
of these characterizations in the creation of the myth of the
family of democratic Western nations obliged to use political,
military, and legal force to defend itself against a menacing third
world population. It argues that this myth is promoted to justify
the expulsion of Muslims from the political community, a process
that takes the form of stigmatization, surveillance, incarceration,
torture, and bombing. In this timely and controversial work,
Sherene H. Razack looks at contemporary legal and social responses
to Muslims in the West and places them in historical context. She
explains how 'race thinking,' a structure of thought that divides
up the world between the deserving and undeserving according to
racial descent, accustoms us to the idea that the suspension of
rights for racialized groups is warranted in the interests of
national security. She discusses many examples of the institution
and implementation of exclusionary and coercive practices,
including the mistreatment of security detainees, the regulation of
Muslim populations in the name of protecting Muslim women, and
prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. She explores how the denial of a
common bond between European people and those of different origins
has given rise to the proliferation of literal and figurative
'camps,' places or bodies where liberties are suspended and the
rule of law does not apply. Combining rich theoretical perspectives
and extensive research, Casting Out makes a major contribution to
contemporary debates on race and the 'war on terror' and their
implications in areas such as law, politics, cultural studies,
feminist and gender studies, and race relations.
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