The Interior Frontiers of Germany
On Recursive History and Ritual Male Circumcision
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13061398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luis M Hernández Aguilar (0000-0001-8648-6758, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-44 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Muslims in Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-792X • E-ISSN: 2211-7954 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22117954-bja10020 |
| OpenAlex | W3115675838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
In 2012, the regional court of the city of Cologne ruled that ritual male circumcision constituted unjustified bodily harm. This prompted a nationwide debate culminating in the enactment of legislation guaranteeing male circumcision without medical justification under certain preconditions. This article proposes to approach the ‘circumcision debate’ as a discursive strand of the systematic problematisation of Muslims as ‘Muslims’, which I analyse through the analytic of the ‘Muslim Question’. In addition, I refer to the concepts of recursive history and of the interior frontier to contextualise the 2012 circumcision debate and the political purpose it has served, namely, to establish racial distinctions and interior frontiers between Germans, Jews and Muslims
Frontier · Harm · Health services · Legislation · Male circumcision · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Demography · Genital Health and Disease · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Medical History and Research
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |