Beschreibung:
This book engages with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. With analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden, it illustrates the different forms that Islamophobia can take and explores issues central for understanding the ways in which racism is approached in court.
1. Introduction; 2. Anti-Muslim Racism: Scales and Contexts; 3. Meeting with the Court Documents: Methodological Reflections; 4. Making Racism a Crime 5. On the Politics and Poetics of Hate-Crime Statistics; 6. In Search of a Racist Subject; 7. Hate Speech, Linguistic Injury and Language in Court; 8. On Judging and Responsibility; 9. Conclusions