Liberals and Muslims: Philosophy and Conquest
The liberal claim to decency is flimsy. In fact, the liberal norm is indecency. The Muslim case is symptomatic of this reality. The suffering of Muslims is extensive in liberal locales. The threat to Muslim security is intrinsic in liberal theory. It is the liberal genre of exclusion. In this articl...
Veröffentlicht in: | World Review of Political Economy. - Pluto Journals. - 37(2015), 1, Seite 54-72 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2015
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | World Review of Political Economy |
Schlagworte: | liberal indecency Kant Mill Montesquieu anti-Muslimism academic racism liberal Jews anti-Arab anti-Semitism Political science mehr... |
Zusammenfassung: | The liberal claim to decency is flimsy. In fact, the liberal norm is indecency. The Muslim case is symptomatic of this reality. The suffering of Muslims is extensive in liberal locales. The threat to Muslim security is intrinsic in liberal theory. It is the liberal genre of exclusion. In this article, I unravel anti-Muslim antipathy in Kant, Mill, and Montesquieu (KMM). I dissect their specious claims about the Muslims and the Orient. I stress KMM's formative influence on liberal academe. I conclude with the criticism of liberal Jewish attacks on Muslims/Arabs/Palestinians. |
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ISSN: | 20428928 |
DOI: | 10.13169/arabstudquar.37.1.0054 |