Politicizing Islam in Austria: The Far-Right Impact in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978830448)

Among its Continental peers, Austria has stood out for its longstanding state recognition of the Muslim community as early as 1912. A shift has occurred more recently, however, as populist far-right voices within the Austrian government have redirected public discourse and put into question Islam's previously accepted autonomous status within the country.

Politicizing Islam in Austria examines this anti-Muslim swerve in Austrian politics through a comprehensive analysis of government policies and regulations, as well as party and public discourses. In their innovative study, Hafez and Heinisch show how the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPﾖ) adapted anti-Muslim discourse to their political purposes and how that discourse was then appropriated by the conservative center-right Austrian People's Party (ﾖVP). This reconfiguration of the political landscape prepared the way for a right-wing coalition government between conservatives and far-right actors that would subsequently institutionalize anti-Muslim political demands and change the shape of the civic conditions and public perceptions of Islam and the Muslim community in the republic.


Author: Farid Hafez, Reinhard Heinisch
ISBN-10: 1978830440
ISBN-13: 9781978830448
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2024
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.08w x 0.47d