Teasing islam: Islam as the other side of tolerance in contemporary dutch politics
This article deals with the role of Islam in contemporary Dutch political discourses on tolerance. I will show how Islam is described as an ideology (and not as a religion) competing with liberal values. I argue that political disputes are not at all about Islam as a living religion, but about Islam as a culturally presumed menace to, or negative projection of, dominant Dutch imaginaries, such as tolerance and free speech, that are taken as elementary conditions for a liberal democratic state. The first part of this article deals with the staging and development of Islam in Dutch politics sinc... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
| Schlagwörter: | Taverne / Religious studies / Philosophy / Cultural Studies |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26680324 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/304046 |
This article deals with the role of Islam in contemporary Dutch political discourses on tolerance. I will show how Islam is described as an ideology (and not as a religion) competing with liberal values. I argue that political disputes are not at all about Islam as a living religion, but about Islam as a culturally presumed menace to, or negative projection of, dominant Dutch imaginaries, such as tolerance and free speech, that are taken as elementary conditions for a liberal democratic state. The first part of this article deals with the staging and development of Islam in Dutch politics since the 1970s. Part two develops a theoretical understanding of the framing of Islam as the opponent of tolerance and argues that this position shows a typical modern stance.