Wood C, Finlay W M L
Department of Psychology, Surrey University, Surrey, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2008 Dec;47(Pt 4):707-26. doi: 10.1348/014466607X264103. Epub 2007 Dec 7.
This study presents an analysis of articles written by prominent members of the British National Party. Each of these articles discussed Muslims and Islam in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Two prominent discursive themes are discussed here. The first concerned the writers' constructions of the threat that Muslims and Islam pose to Britain. Central to this theme were constructions of Muslims as 'fascists', anti-white racists, and all potentially dangerous, although there was variability in this. Using the Koran as evidence, the articles present a vision of a faith which intends to take over the country; in this way, a homogenous, culturally essentialist version of Muslims is worked up. The second theme illustrates how the writers challenge those who believe that creating a British multicultural society is possible, and in doing so construct liberals and multiculturalists as also posing a threat to the country. The ways in which this represents a variety of conspiracy theory, and the implications of these constructions for social action, are discussed.
本研究对英国国家党重要成员撰写的文章进行了分析。这些文章每一篇都讨论了2005年7月7日伦敦爆炸案之后的穆斯林和伊斯兰教。这里讨论两个突出的话语主题。第一个主题涉及作者们对穆斯林和伊斯兰教给英国造成的威胁的建构。这一主题的核心是将穆斯林建构为“法西斯分子”、反白人种族主义者，以及所有潜在的危险分子，尽管在这方面存在差异。这些文章以《古兰经》为证据，呈现出一种意图接管国家的信仰愿景；通过这种方式，构建出了一种同质化的、文化本质主义的穆斯林形象。第二个主题说明了作者们如何挑战那些认为创建一个英国多元文化社会是可行的人，并且在这样做的过程中将自由主义者和多元文化主义者也建构为对国家构成威胁的人。本文将讨论这如何代表了一种各种阴谋论，以及这些建构对社会行动的影响。
