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Islamophobia, Genocide, and the Civilization of Death: Or, the Birth of the Modern/Colonial World System

2/28/2017

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Upcoming Event in Waterloo
The Politics of Life: Rethinking Resistance in the Biopolitical Economy Presented by Technē: 
Wilfrid Laurier University Biopolitical Research Group https://technebiopoliticalrg.com 
 Balsillie School of International Affairs Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario March 2-4, 2017 
​
​I will be presenting a paper on Saturday during  Session 1 – Decolonizing Biopolitics (CIGI 1-32)
from 1 :45 to 3:15.

Title and abstract for my paper:


​Islamophobia, Genocide, and the Civilization of Death: Or, the Birth of the Modern/Colonial World System
This paper contends that the modern/colonial world-system is based on a civilization of death. Two basic arguments support this contention: (1) that Western European hostility towards Muslims is a constitutive element of this world-system: and (2) that modern Islamophobia arose in the long sixteenth century with other forms of racism, as well as modern patriarchy. Historically, the global civilization of death emerged through four early-modern genocides: (1) against Jews and Muslims in Al-Andalus/Spain; (2) against indigenous peoples in the Americas; (3) against enslaved Africans; and (4) against European women accused of sorcery. The theoretical framework for this paper is decolonial world-system analysis, developed by scholars like Enrique Dussel from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico), and Ramón Grosfoguel from the University of California, Berkeley (United States).


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rushessays link
8/13/2019 11:33:07 am

Death is something that we do not talk too much about. If you ask me, people need to think about death more often. If we just live our lives without dealing with this, then there will come a time when we would not know what to do. Sure, death is something that is hard to deal with, but it is still part of being alive. Death is something that will happen to all of us, so we need to be prepared.

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