Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics - by Nazia Kazi (Paperback)

About the Book

Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction on the topic of the anti-Muslim landscape in the U.S. In it, Kazi shows that Islamophobia is not a set of anti-Muslim attitudes and prejudices. Instead, this book shows how Islamophobia is part of a greater rea...

Book Synopsis

Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction on the topic of the anti-Muslim landscape in the U.S. In it, Kazi shows that Islamophobia is not a set of anti-Muslim attitudes and prejudices. Instead, this book shows how Islamophobia is part of a greater reality: systemic U.S. racism.

Review Quotes

"Kazi's book [is] necessary reading for any American invested in real transformation of this country."

"Nazia Kazi's Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a brilliant and powerful meditation on the intersection and interaction of Islamophobia, racism, and U.S. imperial state power. This book seeks to reorient our understanding of Islamophobia from a phenomenon centered on individual attitudes and perceptions of hate, to one which is indelibly entrenched to the structural logics of modern state sovereignty, and to the long-running history of racism in the U.S."

Praise for Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics

"In this fascinating little volume, Nazia Kazi successfully demonstrates that Islamophobia is not just a response to 9/11 or other violence in the name of Islam, but rather a complicated set of attitudes and behaviors accompanying aggressive Western government actions in the Islamic world and endemic racism in the US and elsewhere."

About the Author

Nazia Kazi is associate professor of anthropology at Stockton University. She has lectured widely on Islamophobia, including her TEDx talk "Islamophobia and Islamophilia," and has published articles such as "Teaching Against Islamophobia in the Age of Terror" in the Chronicle of Higher Education.