Sofos / Tsagarousianou Islam in Europe

Public Spaces and Civic Networks
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-35778-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 205 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Islam and Nationalism

Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and suggesting novel ways of approaching the phenomenon of European Islam and the continent's Muslim communities, Islam in Europe examines how European Muslims construct notions or identity, agency and belonging, how they negotiate and redefine the notions of religion, tradition, authority and cultural authenticity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sofos, S.

Tsagarousianou, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Muslims in Europe: Balancing Between Belonging and Exclusion 2. Islam in Europe: A Genealogy 3. Who are the European Muslims? 4. Space, Place and Social Action: European Muslim Geographies 5. The Politics of Contestation and the Construction of Injustice Frames 6. Spaces of Agency and Identity and the Reconfiguration of Islam 7. Is There a Space for European Muslims? Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Spyros A. Sofos is Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, Sweden. His publications include Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe and Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey. He is co-editor with Umut Özk?r?ml of the Islam and Nationalism series published with Palgrave. Roza Tsagarousianou is Reader in Mass Media and Communication at the University of Westminster, UK. She is convenor of the Diaspora and the Media working group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. She has co-edited Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities and Civic Networks and authored Diasporic Cultures and Globalization.