Per Erik Nilsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1050226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Per Erik Nilsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Per Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Nilsson |
| SIGNATURE | NILSSON P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1555-8133 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Dickhead”: Unifying and dividing humor in Ukrainian polyphonic strategic communications
Introduction to the special issue on racism and religion
Manifestos of White Nationalist Ethno-Soldiers
Shame on the church of Sweden: Radical nationalism and the appropriation of Christianity in contemporary Sweden
During the last decade, the populist radical nationalist party, the Sweden Democrats (SD), has gone from being a minor party to become Sweden's third largest party in parliament. In this article, the author shows how the category of Christianity has come to play a pivotal role in the party's political identification. Drawing on Ernesto Laclau's analysis of populism, the author argues that Christianity should be understood as a projection surface …
Burka Songs 2.0: The Discourse on Islamic Terrorism and the Politics of Extremization in Sweden
This article analyzes a minor event in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden that rose from being a local scandal to become a national mediatized political affair. It is argued that local articulations of the discourse on Islamic terrorism function as a way of regulating access to the public sphere by the politics of extremization, i.e., the performative identification of certain Muslim subjects as threats to the established order by their very presen…
Fuck Autonomy: Neo-Orientalism and Abjection in Michel Houellebecq’s Soumission
In this paper, the author critically analyses Michel Houellebecq’s novel Soumission (Flammarion, 2017). The analysis uses post-structural theories of discourse, gender, and post-colonialism. The author argues that the novel employs neo-orientalist modes of identification where abjection is a fundamental theme. A neo-orientalist mode of identification refers to how knowledge about Muslims as an abject other is produced through various discursive t…
Open Source Jihad: Problematizing the Academic Discourse on Islamic Terrorism in Contemporary Europe
In Open Source Jihad, Per-Erik Nilsson provides a unique overview of the academic research and political legislation concerning “Islamic terrorism” in Europe. He scrutinises in detail how the concepts “terrorism,” “radicalisation,” and “counter-terrorism” have developed as academic objects of study and political objects of governance. In the Element, Nilsson brings to the fore systemic problems of the field of terrorism studies as well as the var…
Techniques of religion-making in Sweden: The case of the Missionary Church of Kopimism
This article is an analysis of the recognition of the Missionary Church of Kopimism as a faith community by the Swedish state. The analysis draws on post-Foucaultian writings on governmentality and seeks to understand what kind of normative and proscriptive understandings of "religion" guide the process. The authors argue that the recognition reveals fundamental aspects of the Swedish state's performative role in the recognition of faith communit…
Secular Retaliation’: A Case Study of Integralist Populism, Anti-Muslim Discourse, and (Il)liberal Discourse on Secularism in Contemporary France
In this article, the author conducts a qualitative discourse analysis of the editorials of French online journal Riposte Laïque [Secular Retaliation] between 2007 and 2015. The journal gathers activists from all over the political spectrum – from left-wing union representatives to right-wing ultranationalists. Their common goal is the will to purify the French nation from an asserted ongoing Islamic occupation. To the journal's writers, secularis…
John Bowen: Can Islam be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Manifestos of White Nationalist Ethno-Soldiers
Secular Retaliation’: A Case Study of Integralist Populism, Anti-Muslim Discourse, and (Il)liberal Discourse on Secularism in Contemporary France
In this article, the author conducts a qualitative discourse analysis of the editorials of French online journal Riposte Laïque [Secular Retaliation] between 2007 and 2015. The journal gathers activists from all over the political spectrum – from left-wing union representatives to right-wing ultranationalists. Their common goal is the will to purify the French nation from an asserted ongoing Islamic occupation. To the journal's writers, secularis…
Shame on the church of Sweden: Radical nationalism and the appropriation of Christianity in contemporary Sweden
During the last decade, the populist radical nationalist party, the Sweden Democrats (SD), has gone from being a minor party to become Sweden's third largest party in parliament. In this article, the author shows how the category of Christianity has come to play a pivotal role in the party's political identification. Drawing on Ernesto Laclau's analysis of populism, the author argues that Christianity should be understood as a projection surface …
Techniques of religion-making in Sweden: The case of the Missionary Church of Kopimism
This article is an analysis of the recognition of the Missionary Church of Kopimism as a faith community by the Swedish state. The analysis draws on post-Foucaultian writings on governmentality and seeks to understand what kind of normative and proscriptive understandings of "religion" guide the process. The authors argue that the recognition reveals fundamental aspects of the Swedish state's performative role in the recognition of faith communit…
Introduction to the special issue on racism and religion
Fuck Autonomy: Neo-Orientalism and Abjection in Michel Houellebecq’s Soumission
In this paper, the author critically analyses Michel Houellebecq’s novel Soumission (Flammarion, 2017). The analysis uses post-structural theories of discourse, gender, and post-colonialism. The author argues that the novel employs neo-orientalist modes of identification where abjection is a fundamental theme. A neo-orientalist mode of identification refers to how knowledge about Muslims as an abject other is produced through various discursive t…
John Bowen: Can Islam be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Secular Retaliation’: A Case Study of Integralist Populism, Anti-Muslim Discourse, and (Il)liberal Discourse on Secularism in Contemporary France
In this article, the author conducts a qualitative discourse analysis of the editorials of French online journal Riposte Laïque [Secular Retaliation] between 2007 and 2015. The journal gathers activists from all over the political spectrum – from left-wing union representatives to right-wing ultranationalists. Their common goal is the will to purify the French nation from an asserted ongoing Islamic occupation. To the journal's writers, secularis…
Techniques of religion-making in Sweden: The case of the Missionary Church of Kopimism
This article is an analysis of the recognition of the Missionary Church of Kopimism as a faith community by the Swedish state. The analysis draws on post-Foucaultian writings on governmentality and seeks to understand what kind of normative and proscriptive understandings of "religion" guide the process. The authors argue that the recognition reveals fundamental aspects of the Swedish state's performative role in the recognition of faith communit…
Open Source Jihad: Problematizing the Academic Discourse on Islamic Terrorism in Contemporary Europe
In Open Source Jihad, Per-Erik Nilsson provides a unique overview of the academic research and political legislation concerning “Islamic terrorism” in Europe. He scrutinises in detail how the concepts “terrorism,” “radicalisation,” and “counter-terrorism” have developed as academic objects of study and political objects of governance. In the Element, Nilsson brings to the fore systemic problems of the field of terrorism studies as well as the var…
Burka Songs 2.0: The Discourse on Islamic Terrorism and the Politics of Extremization in Sweden
This article analyzes a minor event in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden that rose from being a local scandal to become a national mediatized political affair. It is argued that local articulations of the discourse on Islamic terrorism function as a way of regulating access to the public sphere by the politics of extremization, i.e., the performative identification of certain Muslim subjects as threats to the established order by their very presen…
Fuck Autonomy: Neo-Orientalism and Abjection in Michel Houellebecq’s Soumission
In this paper, the author critically analyses Michel Houellebecq’s novel Soumission (Flammarion, 2017). The analysis uses post-structural theories of discourse, gender, and post-colonialism. The author argues that the novel employs neo-orientalist modes of identification where abjection is a fundamental theme. A neo-orientalist mode of identification refers to how knowledge about Muslims as an abject other is produced through various discursive t…
Shame on the church of Sweden: Radical nationalism and the appropriation of Christianity in contemporary Sweden
During the last decade, the populist radical nationalist party, the Sweden Democrats (SD), has gone from being a minor party to become Sweden's third largest party in parliament. In this article, the author shows how the category of Christianity has come to play a pivotal role in the party's political identification. Drawing on Ernesto Laclau's analysis of populism, the author argues that Christianity should be understood as a projection surface …
Introduction to the special issue on racism and religion
Manifestos of White Nationalist Ethno-Soldiers
Dickhead”: Unifying and dividing humor in Ukrainian polyphonic strategic communications
Political science (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)