När islam blev svenskt : föreställningar om islam och muslimer i svensk offentlig politik 1975-2010
Författare
Summary, in English
The analysis draws upon a combination of discourse theory as formulated by Michel Foucault, including his thoughts on governmentality, and postcolonial theory as formulated by Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha and Stuart Hall, which emphasizes questions concerning representation, stereotypes, Orientalism and imitation. The thesis demonstrates shifts that have occurred in the discourses concerning Islam and Muslims in public policy debates. In the initial two periods of 1975–1980 and 1980-1990, Islam and Muslims were mostly related to questions concerning practical issues like education and religious slaughter. During the 1990s the shift included a focus on independent Islamic schools, immigration and a more explicit focus on problems related to Islam and Muslims in Swedish society. During the period between 2001–2010, there was another shift that included focus on questions concerning Islamism, islamophobia and anti-Semitism among muslims.
In the final chapter four different discourses are identified that compete to define and explain Islam and Muslims. The first is a discourse on integration; the second concerns equality; the third focuses on security; and the fourth is a discourse on homogenization. In conclusion the dissertation highlights how the Swedish state and the political parties through various strategies have tried to administer, channel and construct an acceptable version of Islam that incorporates moderate values, is secularized and liberal.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Svenska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Lund Studies in History of Religions
Volym
33
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University
Ämne
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Nyckelord
- Public policy
- Sweden
- Islamology
- SOU
- Parliamentary debates
- Islam
- Muslims
- Discourse theory
- Foucault
- Governmentality
- Postcolonial theory
- Said
- Bhabha
- Hall
- Representation
- Stereotypes
- Orientalism
- Imitation
Status
Published
Handledare
- Jonas Otterbeck
- Mikael Spång
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1103-4882
- ISBN: 978-91-7473-384-6
Försvarsdatum
23 november 2012
Försvarstid
14:15
Försvarsplats
Sal 118, CTR, Allhelgona kyrkogata 8, Lund
Opponent
- Göran Larsson (Professor)