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Kritik und Gewalt: Sarrazin-Debatte, 'Islamkritik' und Terror in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft [2013/2014]
Criticism and violence: Sarrazin debate, criticism of Islam, and terrorism in the immigration society
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Abstract Since the late twentieth century, most European societies turned into immigration societies. An immigration society underlies a multiform and complex social and cultural process, becoming increasingly differentiated and leading to an acceleration of changes in social structures and forms of life. Th... view more
Since the late twentieth century, most European societies turned into immigration societies. An immigration society underlies a multiform and complex social and cultural process, becoming increasingly differentiated and leading to an acceleration of changes in social structures and forms of life. This development caused cultural anxiety and mental stress for many people. The widespread skepticism about lowly qualified immigrants, especially from Muslim countries, was enforced by Thilo Sarrazin’s anti-Islamic bestseller ‘Deutschland schafft sich ab’ (‘Germany Is Doing Away With Itself‘), published in 2010. Against the background of ambiguities and uncertainties as well as a growing readiness for outrage deriving from many other reasons, too, the so-called Sarrazin debate revealed far-reaching, deep socio-political divides and tensions within the German immigration society. At the same time, police uncovered long-lasting anti-immigrant terrorism against Muslim immigrants. The German murderers obviously understood their actions ideologically as a form of self-defense against the threat of Islamic transformation of immigrant societies in Europe.... view less
Keywords
Islam; public opinion; Federal Republic of Germany; immigration policy; xenophobia; asylum policy; integration policy; populism; cultural diversity; immigration country; cultural pessimism; migration; terrorism; immigration; racism
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Thilo Sarrazin; immigration society; rapid social and cultural changes; cultural and mental irritations; criticism of Islam
Document language
German
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 306-317
Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2018) 30
Issue topic
Historische Migrationsforschung / Historical Migration Research
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.suppl.30.2018.306-317
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed