Problematization names how a group is systematically turned into a problem

Evidence

This conceptualization further traces the problematization—which, following Michel Foucault (1988), refers to the processes of how and why something or somebody is turned into a problem—of Islam and Muslims in Europe and seeks to apprehend the systematic character of this process. We understand the analytic of the “Muslim Question” to revolve around two dimensions. First, the accusation of being an “alien body” to the nation (Farris, 2014, pp. 296–297) and second, the demands of integration and assimilation (Farris, 2014, p. 296). — Sarah Bracke and Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar, “They Love Death as We Love Life”, 55

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Foucault’s ‘problematization’ and operationalizes the ‘Muslim Question’ as two dimensions: alien-body accusation plus integration demands.
• XREF: Connects to Foucault’s governmentality/biopolitics literature and to Said’s Orientalism, which the authors cite nearby.