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PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE
Volume 52, Issue 5, Pages 448-460Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2018.1490112
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Islamophobia; liberal feminism; nationalism; Poland; semi-periphery
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Bobako's paper examines two genres of Polish Islamophobic discourse, a liberal and a nationalist one, and links their specificity to the semi-peripheral position of Poland. It argues that the liberal endorsement of Islamophobia is a way to confirm symbolically Poland's belonging to 'the West' and its commitment to the normative project of European modernity, with its affirmation of individualism, human rights, sexual freedom and secularism. On the other hand, Bobako shows that the Islamophobia of the resurgent nationalist forces in Poland is, paradoxically, the outcome of a rejection of this very project, which is perceived as a threat to national political sovereignty and cultural autonomy. She connects this rejection to Poland's post-Communist trajectory of economic marginalization and instability, providing a context for the widespread dissatisfaction with Poland's place in the European Union.
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