The social life of anti-terrorism laws : : the war on terror and the classifications of the "dangerous other" / / edited by Julia M. Eckert.

• TeilnehmendeR: Eckert, Julia M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sozialtheorie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196)

This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the »war on terror«, namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-nationalisation of the »war on terror« has affected notions of »the dangerous other« in different political and social contexts, asking what changes in the ideas of the state and of the nation have been promoted by the emerging culture of security, and how these changes affect practices of citizenship and societal group relations.

»Die Stärke des Sammelbandes liegt [...] in der Betrachtung des sozialen Gefüges in den heterogenen Beispielfällen.« Johannes Specht, DAS ARGUMENT, 286 (2010) Reviewed in: Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie, 29 (2008), Rüdiger Lautmann Behemoth. A Journal on Civilisation, 3 (2009), Elena Buck/Patricia Deuser/Mathias Rodatz

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Laws for Enemies 7 Liberalism versus Terrorism: Warfare, Crime Control, and the United States after 11 September 33 Suspect Subjects: Muslim Migrants and the Security Agencies in Germany 55 Political Rationalities, Counter-terrorism and Policies on Islam in the United Kingdom and France 79 Documents, Security and Suspicion: the Social Production of Ignorance 109 The Danger of 'Undergoverned' Spaces: the 'War on Terror' and its Effects on the Sahel Region 131 Islamic Activism and Anti-terrorism Legislation in Morocco 163 Notes on Contributors 193