Att ’begreppa’ islamofobi : En begreppsutredande studie av begreppet islamofobi

Sammanfattning: Islamophobia as a concept has grown in popularity but is still controversial. This essay categorizes and analyses 153 scientific articles’ definition of the concept Islamophobia. It proposes two different categories which the definitions can be put in. First there is micro-islamophobia which includes definitions that defines islamophobia as an emotional or cognitive phenomenon. The focus here is on an individual level. The second category is macro-islamophobia, which focuses more on a structural level, and includes definitions of islamophobia as an ideology/discourse or islamophobia as racism. The essay concludes that these two different ways of defining islamophobia are complementary rather than competing. Negative emotions or cognitions do not appear from nowhere and an ideology needs a foundation in individuals.