Responsible Muslims and Normalizing Islam: Dutch Muslims and the Politics of Responsibility
In this article, I take up the "Muslim Question" in relation to neoliberalism and the Dutch government through a community approach focusing on the responsibilization of citizens. Based on fieldwork that I have conducted over the last 15 years, I will argue that, in order to understand the...
| Published in: | Implicit religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2022
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| In: |
Implicit religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 313-335 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Muslim
/ Responsibility
/ Social consciousness
/ Normalization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBD Benelux countries NCC Social ethics RB Church office; congregation XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
government by community
B unruly subjects B talking back B Representation B Responsibilization B the Netherlands |
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| Summary: | In this article, I take up the "Muslim Question" in relation to neoliberalism and the Dutch government through a community approach focusing on the responsibilization of citizens. Based on fieldwork that I have conducted over the last 15 years, I will argue that, in order to understand the Muslim Question, we have to explore how Muslims respond to the "neo-liberal Muslim Question." I will explore how the paradoxes and tensions that co-constitute the neoliberal Muslim Question, create opportunities for some Muslims to be able to find, then enlarge and navigate a space for themselves as responsible subjects within a particular framework which also, simultaneously, targets them as potentially unruly subjects. In doing so I show how Muslims engage with the neoliberal governance of themselves and demonstrate how their approach is informed, shaped, enabled and challenged by the racial neo-liberal discourse of the Muslim Question. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.19338 |