Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Originally Published In
Public Philosophy Journal
Volume Number
2
Issue Number
1
Page Numbers
1-8
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76
Abstract
Abstract concepts such as Islamophobia invite operational definitions that prescribe courses of inquiry that eschew the abstract in favor of the concrete. Ideally, such inquiry renders a concept more intelligible by providing conceptual clarity and by prescribing a research agenda. In our view, inquiries regarding Islamophobia should confront 1) how Muslims are identified, or misidentified, 2) whether Islamophobia is a phobia, prejudice, or both, and 3) how Islamophobia must be narrated.
