Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

Synopsis

Bail Traces How The Anti-muslim Narrative Of The Political Fringe Has Captivated Large Segments Of The American Media, Government, And General Public, Validating The Views Of Extremists Who Argue That The United States Is At War With Islam And Marginalizing Mainstream Muslim-americans Who Are Uniquely Positioned To Discredit Such Claims. Drawing Oncultural Sociology, Social Network Theory, And Social Psychology, He Shows How Anti-muslim Organizations Gianed Visibility In The Public Sphere, Commandeered A Sense Of Legitimacy, And Redefined The Contours Of Contemporary Debate, Shifting It Ever Outward Toward The Fringe. --book Flap. The Cultural Environment Of Collective Behavior -- From The Slave Trade To The September 11th Attacks -- The September 11th Attacks And The Rise Of Anti-muslim Fringe Organizations -- The Rip Tide: Mainstream Muslim Organizations Respond -- Fringe Benefits: How Anti-muslim Organizations Became Mainstream -- The Return Of The Repressed In The Policy Process -- Civil Society Organizations And Public Understandings Of Islam -- The Evolution Of Cultural Environments. Christopher Bail. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 189-212) And Index.