Analyzing deviance leads necessarily to the state as condensed power
Evidence
Was Hicks’s fear and hatred of Islam irrational, or was it fueled by the stereotypes of the faith and its followers he regularly heard on the radio and watched on television, and, therefore, rational? Furthermore, was he a deviant actor whose horrific acts were the result of his own motives alone? Or was Hicks collaborating in the broader national project of policing, prosecuting, and punishing Muslims—the formal mission of the war on terror, that ambiguous and unconventional war authorized by counterterror laws like the USA PATRIOT Act, Countering Violent Extremism, and, two years after the triple murder, the Muslim ban enacted by President Trump? — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 101 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Hate violence can be state-encouraged rather than merely irrational individual deviance — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 101; Structural corruption reflects misuse of power and privilege in society.; Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 339 (+4 more)
Related
- Hate violence can be state-encouraged rather than merely irrational individual deviance (similarity 0.88)
- State-sponsored violence channels a resentful hatred of living bodies (similarity 0.84)
- Hate must be cultivated and performed, not merely felt (similarity 0.80)
- Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- An ultimate power to decide generates its own norms and cannot be trusted
#expands(0.80) - Power cannot self-realize but depends on societal-structural conditions for legitimacy
#complicates(0.78) - Hate violence can be state-encouraged rather than merely irrational individual deviance
#expands(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 101 - Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance.
#expands(0.55) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 339 - Structural corruption reflects misuse of power and privilege in society.
#expands(0.40)