The Social Life Of Anti-Terrorism Laws: The War On Terror And The Classifications Of The »Dangerous Other«

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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. Cover The Social Life of Anti-Terrorism Laws ......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 6 Laws for Enemies......Page 8 Liberalism versus Terrorism: Warfare, Crime Control, and the United States after 11 September......Page 34 Suspect Subjects: Muslim Migrants and the Security Agencies in Germany......Page 56 Political Rationalities, Counter-terrorism and Policies on Islam in the United Kingdom and France......Page 80 Documents, Security and Suspicion: the Social Production of Ignorance......Page 110 The Danger of ‘Undergoverned’ Spaces: the ‘War on Terror’ and its Effects on the Sahel Region......Page 132 Islamic Activism and Anti-terrorism Legislation in Morocco......Page 164 Notes on Contributors......Page 194