Overview
- Explores the operation and frustration of trust in multicultural societies, with a particular focus on the breakdown of trust between Muslim groups and others
- Considers how different cultural traditions complicate and facilitate empathy and dialogue
- Includes an afterword discussing the effects of the Brexit vote in Britain and its impact on multiculturalism in the UK
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Scrutinising and Securitising Muslims
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Gender, Multiculturalism and the Limits of Trust
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Muslim Minorities and the Discourse of Liberal Secularism
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About this book
This book critically engages with the contemporary breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the West. It argues that a crisis of trust currently hampers intercultural relations and obstructs full participation in citizenship and civil society for those who fall prey to the suspicions of the state and their fellow citizens. This crisis of trust presents a challenge to the plurality of modern societies where religious identities have come to demand an equal recognition and political accommodation which is not consistently awarded across Europe, especially in nations which view themselves as secular, or where Islamic culture is seen as alien.
This volume of interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars explores the theme of trust and multiculturalism across a range of perspectives, employing insights from political science, sociology, literature, ethnography and cultural studies. It provides an urgent critical response to the challenging contexts of multiculturalism for Muslims in both Europe and the USA. Taken together, the contributions suggest that the institutionalisation of multiculturalism as a state-led vehicle for tolerance and integration requires a certain type of trustworthy ‘performance’ from minority groups, particularly Muslims. Even when this performance is forthcoming, existing discourses of integration and underlying patterns of mistrust can contribute to Muslim alienation on the one hand, and rising Islamophobia on the other.
Reviews
“Muslims, Multiculturalism and Trust is a vital evaluation of the practices and perspectives of our time that create and maintain stability through diversity. With terrorism and rising nationalism attempting to challenge the very idea of multicultural Britain and Europe, it is clearly time to refocus attention on whatenables trust between different communities. These essays present essential reading for those committed to a diverse society.” (Joseph William Sterrett, Aarhus University, Denmark)
“At the face of increasing fear and rising anti-Muslim sentiment, this edited book offers a fresh insight into talking about and building trust in Europe. Contributors document the breakdown of trust between Muslim minorities and European societies using different case studies. But they also show a way to move forward and rebuild trust.” (Dr. Esra Ozyurek, Associate Professor and Chair for Contemporary Turkish Studies at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
“Trust forms the basis of all productive human engagement in our society; distrust gnaws at its foundation. The carefully curated essays collected in Muslims, Trust and Multiculturalism: New Directions forcefully demonstrate the inner dynamics of the ways in which trust and the destruction of trustoperate at the centre of contemporary social and political issues bearing on Muslims in British society today. This book not only articulates the problems, but more importantly thinks through new ways of going beyond them in order to build trust that is reciprocal, strong and secure. The future starts here.” (Robert JC Young, Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Amina Yaqin is Senior Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies at SOAS, University of London
Peter Morey is Professor of 20th Century English Literature at the University of Birmingham
Asmaa Soliman is Teaching Fellow at the University College of London and Visiting Fellow at the LSE European Institute
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muslims, Trust and Multiculturalism
Book Subtitle: New Directions
Editors: Amina Yaqin, Peter Morey, Asmaa Soliman
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71309-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71308-3Published: 31 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10040-7Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71309-0Published: 17 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 311
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethnicity Studies, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Sociology of Racism