In Is the Sun Setting on the Western Empire? Exploring Shifts in Global Power and Islamophobic Thinking, the contributors to the 2022 annual IHRC, SACC & DIN Islamophobia Conference discuss, the decline of the ‘New World Order’ and the consequences for Islamophobic frames of international relations.
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Is the Sun Setting on the Western Empire? Exploring Shifts in Global Power and Islamophobic Thinking
The proceedings of this conference presented futures of multipolarity. This volume covers questions of how the west declines, the conflicts it has had and will foment in its efforts to prevent its demise, and what possible alternatives – for good or ill – are on the horizon.
First presented at the end of 2022, these papers and presentation chart and analyse the already evident collapse of the ‘New World Order’, its repercussions, not least in Palestine, and the possible futures opening up as a result. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to hear from authentic academic and activist voices, speaking from within decolonial and anti-imperialist politics.
Editors:
Faisal Bodi & Arzu Merali
Contributors:
Mohideen Abdul Kader, Muhammad al-Asi, Ian Almond, Malia Bouattia, Laurens de Rooij, Eman El-Bahnassawy, Ramón Grosfoguel, Richard Haley, Sandew Hira, Olsi Jazexhi, Denijal Jegić, João Silva Jordão, Saeed A. Khan, Yasser Louati, Cyrus McGoldrick, Arzu Merali, Muhammad Nihad PV, Peter Oborne, Setareh Sadeqi, Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria, Bilal Ware, Afroze Fatima Zaidi.
Publication date 15 September 2026
Price (UK) £20
ISBN (paperback) 9781909853546
ISBN (electronic) 978-1909853-34-8
Pages 219
Dimensions 156mm (w) x 233mm (h), spine 14mm
Publisher Islamic Human Rights Commission
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