This article examines post-9/11 efforts by Western governments to instill respect for human rights among the world’s Muslim populations. The article argues that Western discourses on human rights are best conceptualized as a hegemonic Bourdieusian distinction strategy. In a dynamic strategy of this type, new human rights norms are continually produced and subverted by liberal elites in the West. Because these norms are constantly evolving, Muslim social practices can never “catch up” to them. This produces a perpetual distinction between a progressive liberal Occident and a backwards illiberal Orient, justifying the perpetual hegemony of the former over the latter. In developing its analysis, the article gives special attention to right-wing nationalist movements in Europe and the USA and US foreign policy in the Middle East. These developments are situated in relationship to liberal imperialism in the Colonial era, the Global War on Terrorism, and recent concerns over immigration.

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作为布迪厄斯区别战略的人权观念的演变：针对穆斯林人口的政策的批判性视角

本文考察了 9/11 后西方政府为向世界穆斯林人口灌输尊重人权的努力。这篇文章认为，西方关于人权的话语最好被概念化为一种霸权的布迪厄斯区分策略。在这种类型的动态战略中，新的人权规范不断被西方的自由主义精英产生和颠覆。由于这些规范在不断演变，穆斯林的社会实践永远无法“赶上”它们。这在进步的自由主义西方和落后的非自由主义东方之间产生了永久的区别，证明了前者对后者的永久霸权是正当的。在展开分析时，本文特别关注欧洲和美国的右翼民族主义运动以及美国在中东的外交政策。