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Summary
Summary
Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed, affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of millions.
Author Notes
Stuart Croft is Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick. His work is in the field of security studies and his latest book is Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror (2006).
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Croft's book is smart and a sign that the University of Warwick has a strong program. Because the book is erudite and insightful, it is not for everyone and certainly not for undergraduates. Although Croft (Univ. of Warwick, UK) writes about "Britishness" and Islam, those topics are truly not the focus of this intriguing work. Rather, he uses an array of past and recent literature plus some of his own "connecting the dots" analysis to talk about talk--discourse and identity. Readers who do not know about the Copenhagen School will be at a loss as to what Croft is saying. How different identities are "otherized" and facilitate threat creation (not Croft's term) is at the core of this book, and post 9/11 remains of vital importance to the analysis. Chapter 5, "The Construction of Ontological Insecurity," is masterful; this reviewer wishes that he had written it. This is not a book about Islam or Britain. It is a volume about ideas and theory. Good bibliography and adequate index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate and research collections. D. N. Nelson Center for Arms Control & Nonproliferation
Table of Contents
| List of figures | p. vi |
| List of tables | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| 1 Ontological security and Britishness | p. 17 |
| 2 A post-Copenhagen securitization theory | p. 73 |
| 3 'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness | p. 110 |
| 4 'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism' | p. 159 |
| 5 The construction of ontological insecurity | p. 200 |
| Conclusion | p. 244 |
| Select bibliography | p. 262 |
| Index | p. 271 |
