The New Xenophobia

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Xenophobia, the fear or dislike of strangers, can be seen throughout the course of history in the form of communal riots, racist attacks, religious hatred, and genocide. Hindu-Muslim riots in India, Sinhalese-Tamil tensions in Sri Lanka, ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia, purging of Shias and Sunnis in Iraq and Syria, skinheads attacking immigrants, and the Jewish holocaust in Europe are a few examples.

In The New Xenophobia, Tabish Khair studies this fear in a historical, philosophical, and socio-economic context. Tracing the changes in xenophobic thinking over the past three decades, he examines the unexplored relationship of xenophobia with power and capitalism and shows how changes in capitalism have altered the image of the stranger. Through his study, Khair provides new insights into racism and slavery, and fresh perspectives on the rise of ethnic, cultural, and religious politics in today’s age of globalization.

Contents: Introduction: Strange Fear. 1. The making of a stranger. 2. The changing face of xenophobia. 3. Racism, nationalism, and Nazism. 4. Capital and new xenophobia. 5. Deceptive violence. 6. New xenophobia and old xenophobia. Conclusion: Emotion, Reason, Structure. Notes. Index.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tabish Khair

Tabish Khair (b. 1966) was educated mostly in Gaya, India, and is currently Associate Professor of English and Postcolonial Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of several publications, including the poetry collection where Parallel Lines Meet (2000), containing poems that won the All India poetry Prize, and a novel, The Bus Stopped (2004), which was shortlisted for the prestigious Encore Awarad. He has edited Amitav Ghosh: A Critical Companion (2004) and co-edited and introduced Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing (2005).