| ID | 099497 |
| Title Proper | Euro-Islam |
| Other Title Information | going beyond the aporiatic politics of othering |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Arfi, Badredine |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Is a "Euro-Islam" possible? Whether at the level of theory, practice or policy, very few scholars and practitioners pay enough sustained attention to the fact that how we think/not-think, speak/silence, inscribe/erase, and address/ignore various aspects of "Islam in Western Europe" has much to do with the concepts of "identity" and "other." Whereas policy-makers, activists, peace-advocates, and fear-mongers continuously deploy these concepts for or against certain strategies, agendas and purposes, it is important to "deconstruct" these concepts so as to open up a horizon for thinking the possibility of a Euro-Islam. This paper thus argues that thinking of Euro-Islam implies an aporiatic politics of "Othering" and that it is possible to go beyond this aporia in a certain way by using a new approach for thinking about Islam in Europe. I develop this framework through a deconstruction of the concepts of "identity" and "other" using a non-Aristotelian logic of "without," the pair of undecidable concepts immunity/auto-immunity, and Derrida's notion of "negotiation." |
| `In' analytical Note | International Political Sociology Vol. 4, No. 3; Sep 2010: p236-252 |
| Journal Source | International Political Sociology Vol. 4, No. 3; Sep 2010: p236-252 |
| Key Words | Europe ; Islam ; Politics ; Muslim - Europe ; Muslim |