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Freunde führen einander - Der kommunalpolitische Dialog mit dem „Islam“ im Modus einer Gouvernementalität der Freundschaft.
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Geographica Helvetica . 2017, Vol. 72 Issue 3, p303-316. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality and on ethnographic fieldwork in a German city, this paper addresses practices of governing "Muslims" and "Islam" at the level of local politics. It conceptualises these practices as a governing through friendship, that is, a type of "liberal" conduct-of-conduct that focuses on trust-building and practised "togetherness". The paper analyses techniques of governance and processes of subjectivation, putting an emphasis on how emotionality becomes integrated into governmental practices. I show how governing through friendship unfolds in the spatio-political context of a local dialogue with "Islam", how the latter is linked to the interfaith paradigm and thus becomes a religiously-sensitive, post-secular political technology in which religious sensibilities are becoming elements of governmentality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 00167312
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Geographica Helvetica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124998284
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-72-303-2017