Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade
Evidence
It is almost inconceivable that at the turn of the twenty first century both the term and concept of Islamophobia had little discursive resonance or value across most of europe. Today however, the same could be no further from the truth. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 541
Categorization
- CANDY: A clean, quotable framing of how quickly a concept went from obscurity to ubiquity.
- XREF: connects to: Islamophobia and immigration anxiety drove the Brexit vote and European racist resurgence; Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 620; Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 615 (+11 more)
Related
- Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror (similarity 0.91)
- Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. (similarity 0.89)
- Yearly Islamophobia mentions in the British press nearly doubled after 2010 (similarity 0.87)
- Resurgent Islam within European societies fuels the same fear in France as in Britain (similarity 0.85)
- Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real (similarity 0.85)
- Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed (similarity 0.84)
- Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia’s definitional looseness makes it a contested and unstable concept in Europe (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia and immigration anxiety drove the Brexit vote and European racist resurgence (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia as a concept never reached everyday popular discourse. (similarity 0.82)
- The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. (similarity 0.82)
- History illuminates current Islamophobia but not as a fixed or reliably accurate backdrop (similarity 0.82)
- European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror
#corroborates(0.88) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568 - Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies
#expands(0.82) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15 - Late twentieth-century Islamophobia shifted from Orientalist exoticism toward politicised and militarised framing
#corroborates(0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 214 - Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed
#qualifies(0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 675 - History illuminates current Islamophobia but not as a fixed or reliably accurate backdrop
#qualifies(0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 203