Islam and space in Europe

The Politics of Race, Time, and Secularism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7767192
AutoresTobias Müller (0000-0002-1999-4370, Leiden University, autor correspondente), Adela Taleb (0000-0002-0428-4616, Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), C J J Moses (0000-0002-8117-1420, University of Cambridge)
Ano2021
Volume44
Fascículo10
Páginas1673-1689
Data de publicação2021-08-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2021.1918739
OpenAlexW3170274984
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas28

This introduction to the Special Issue “Rethinking Islam and Space in Europe” advocates for an analytical turn in the study of Islam in Europe by using space as a central conceptual lens. While spatial approaches are gaining traction in the study of religion, migration, ethnicity, and race, we argue that the critical potential of spatial approaches remains largely unexplored. This paper offers a threefold contribution. First, we show how combining spatial perspectives with local histories contributes to de-exceptionalising the contemporary study of Islam in urban contexts. Second, by “localising secularism” we can uncover concrete formations of exclusion and erasure, while also providing a more refined picture of the ways in which the agency of Muslims is negotiated. Third, we demonstrate how scrutinizing the nexus of time, race and Europe reveals colonial pasts and continuities that are disrupted and transformed by the movement of bodies through public spaces

Agency (philosophy · Colonialism · Ethnic group · Geography · Islam · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Secularism · Secularity · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration