Islamophobia is defined through Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology

Evidence

Seeking a contemporarily relevant and functional framework with which to develop this, John Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology was employed. In being able to adequately and legitimately frame and contextualise the preceding arguments and observations, so Islamophobia was codified in terms of being an ideology: in function, conceptualisation and definition. In this way, a threefold conceptualisation of Islamophobia was established: the first component being an ideology that informs and shapes meaning about Islam and Muslims; the second, a series of different modes of operation, comprising different and changing strategies through which ideological meaning is perpetuated and sustained; and the final, albeit unsubstantiated empirically at the present stage, a series of exclusionary practices. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 918

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sets out the threefold conceptual architecture (ideology, modes of operation, exclusionary practices) underpinning Allen’s definitional camp.
• XREF: Contrasts directly with Bleich’s social-scientific concept-formation and Halliday’s anti-Muslimism critique; Thompson’s neutral ideology is the load-bearing theoretical frame. — connects to: Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology sheds its class-based historical baggage. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 823; Thompson’s five modes of ideological operation apply to Islamophobia — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 843; Islamophobia must be treated as a neutral social-scientific concept, not a political term. — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 67

Related

• Islamophobia comprises ideology, modes of operation, and exclusionary practices (similarity 0.91)
• Thompson’s five modes of ideological operation apply to Islamophobia (similarity 0.89)
• Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims. (similarity 0.88)
• Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology sheds its class-based historical baggage. (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia is an ideology, not a set of actions or practices (similarity 0.87)
• The term Islamophobia demands a better-grounded, contestable definition (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia’s ideological content is sustained by five distinct modes of operation (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia must be treated as a neutral social-scientific concept, not a political term. (similarity 0.85)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.84)
• Contested definitions of Islamophobia deepen the rift over its existence (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia’s meaning is sustained through five named modes of operation. (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia’s definitional looseness makes it a contested and unstable concept in Europe (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia functions as an indiscriminate umbrella term serving varied agendas (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia must be treated as a neutral social-scientific concept, not a political term. #expands (0.80) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 67