Sacrificing Citizenship

IF 1.2 Q2 CULTURAL STUDIES Social Text Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI:10.1215/01642472-7585026
Zahid R. Chaudhary
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This article analyzes the discourse concerning the assimilation of Muslim minorities in the United States and suggests that calls for assimilation are solicitations for a form of self-renunciation and sacrifice. Yet such solicitations occur against the economic and political background of neoliberalism, in which all citizens are asked to make sacrifices for the sake of economic health. How does one read, then, the discourse of Muslim assimilation in light of the psychological, political, and economic realities of neoliberalism? The article explores the transformation of the so-called Jewish question into the contemporary concern with the “Muslim problem.” Drawing on Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s reflections on the affinities between capitalism and fascism (especially their reading of Odysseus), as well as Sigmund Freud’s reflections on narcissism and group psychology, the article analyzes the figure of the sacrificial victim in the context of neoliberalism’s authoritarian tendencies and argues that sacrificial figuration allows us to think past the polarizations (West/rest; Trump supporters/Muslims) of our contemporary historical moment.
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牺牲公民身份
本文分析了有关美国穆斯林少数民族同化的论述,并认为同化的呼吁是对一种自我放弃和牺牲形式的恳求。然而,这种恳求是在新自由主义的经济和政治背景下发生的,在这种背景下,所有公民都被要求为经济健康做出牺牲。那么,根据新自由主义的心理、政治和经济现实,人们如何解读穆斯林同化的论述呢?这篇文章探讨了所谓的犹太问题转变为当代对“穆斯林问题”的关注。借鉴西奥多·阿多诺和马克斯·霍克海默对资本主义和法西斯主义之间的密切关系的思考(尤其是他们对奥德修斯的阅读),以及西格蒙德·弗洛伊德对自恋和群体心理的思考,本文在新自由主义威权主义倾向的背景下分析了牺牲受害者的形象,并认为牺牲形象使我们能够超越当代历史时刻的两极分化(西方/其他国家;特朗普支持者/穆斯林)。
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