Being endemic to a culture does not make such views constant or inevitable
Evidence
It is important to clarify that by suggesting that a phenomenon lingers or resides dormant, does not necessarily mean that the same phenomenon remains unchanging and constant or indeed that the people that might draw upon this are normatively anti-Muslim, anti-Islamic. On the contrary, by endemic it is meant that such views and understandings are a condition of a particular setting or people: something that can be drawn upon and expressed in different ways and at different times as well as being rejected and replaced also. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 200
Categorization
- DEFINE: Narrowly defines ‘endemic’ vs. ‘epidemic’ anti-Muslim sentiment as a conditioning repertoire, not a fixed trait of persons.
- XREF: connects to: Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 399; People’s supposed deficiencies are historical facts, not natural traits; Culture as constitutive of practice retains contingency and is never finally determined (+3 more)
Related
- Anti-Muslim phenomena are endemic but latent, not constant, in European culture (similarity 0.89)
- People’s supposed deficiencies are historical facts, not natural traits (similarity 0.86)
- Anti-Muslim prejudice is contingent and changeable, not fixed in Western character. (similarity 0.80)
- Recourse to Muslim culture masks Islamophobia while homogenizing all Muslims (similarity 0.80)
- Essentialist cultural identity is a closed, timeless myth with real shaping power (similarity 0.79)
- Islamophobia requires cultural convergence, not separation, to sustain itself (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Culture as constitutive of practice retains contingency and is never finally determined
#corroborates(0.85) - Civilizational identity is fluid, not fixed or walled off
#corroborates(0.82) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 232