Conceptual and theoretical considerations - Racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia

Fleming, S. (2025) Conceptual and theoretical considerations - Racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia. In: Racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia in European football. Routledge, London, pp. 19-35. ISBN 978-1-032-80205-3

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Abstract

In this chapter, Scott Fleming provides a conceptual framework that contextualises the case study accounts in the subsequent chapters. Drawing upon a wide range of discourses about racisms, he uses illustrative empirical examples – though mainly from men’s football. The chapter begins with a critique of the problematic biological concept of ‘race’, recognising how it has become the basis of the social construct of racisms. To support analytical precision, an overarching typology of racisms (individual – institutional – cultural – structural/systemic) is presented, as well as a lexicon of related terms. In relation to sport especially, the recent history of scientific racism (racial science) is traced through some flawed but impactful works. However, despite rigorous and compelling evidence and counter-arguments, key messages have become embedded in the popular folklore of European football. A common characteristic of many of the ways that racisms find expression is the racialised ‘other’. Several of these provide a platform for a brief consideration of the dominant theoretical position that has emerged in the last 20 years, Critical Race Theory, which examines structural/systemic and institutional racisms with analytical and practical applications.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	School of Social Science
Depositing User:	Scott Fleming
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2025 09:39
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2025 09:39
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1247

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