Urban Fears and Global Terrors: Citizenship, Multicultures and Belongings After 7/7

ISBN-13: 9780415436144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 336 str.

Victor Seidler

Opis

Looks at 7/7 - the events, the loss, the fear and mourning that followed. This book seeks to shape narratives of social theory that can help us understand the world after 9/11, offering forms of social theory and narrative methodologies.

Spis treści

1. Traumatic Events, Precarious Lives and Social Theory  2. Urban Fears and Terrors of 7/7  3. Urban Dreams, Fears and Realities  4. Missing, Loss, Fear and Terror  5. Risks, Traumas and Insecurities  6. Young Masculinities, Islam and Terror  7. Young Men, Islamic Cultures and Belonging(s)  8. Global Terror, Islam and Citizenship  9. Fears, Uncertainties and Terrors  10. The West, Islam and the Politics of Dialogue  11. Faith, Martyrdom and Suicide Bombings  12. Religion, ‘Race’ and Multiculturalisms  13. Civilisations, Terrorisms and Hospitalities  14. Civilisations, Belongings and Ethics  15. Conclusions: Citizenship, Multiculturalisms and Complex Belongings

O autorze

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler is Professor of Social Theory in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has written widely in areas of social and cultural theory and philosophy.