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Biographical note: Sabine Strasser ist Associate Professor an der Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, und Senior Researcher an der Universität Wien. Elisabeth Holzleithner ist Assistenzprofessorin am Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Religions- und Kulturrecht der Universität Wien.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten bewegte sich die Anthropologie von einer fast euphorischen Perspektive auf eine Welt ohne Grenzen hin zu einer «dunklen Anthropologie», die zunehmend chronische Ungleichheit auf globaler Ebene in den Blick nahm. Diese anklagende und politisch engagierte Anthropologie bemüht sich seither um tiefe Einsichten in die Dynamiken der Globalisierung und kämpft gegen kulturelle Essentialismen und die Ungerechtigkeiten neoliberaler Transformationen. Doch aus diesen düsteren Bildern entsteht derzeit die ethnographische Suche nach dem hartnäckigen und widerständigen Leben in den Trümmern des Kapitalismus. ; Strasser, Sabine (2020): Dynamiken der Globalisierung oder die Suche nach Gerechtigkeit in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus, in: Bulletin der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften 26,1, S. 38-40.

For this special issue we are bringing together six ethnographic cases
of intimate uncertainties that are situated within different regimes of
reproduction, healthcare and borders in and beyond Europe. These
ethnographic inquiries exemplify unprecedented settings of moral
ir/responsibility shaping the intimate on different scales and in various
sites of power (agencies, clinics, borderlands). These uncertainties
in times of major transitions from old to new moral orders, from
industrial to postindustrial, from welfare to austerity spark off a
renewed debate on moral economy. The authors of these contributions
all focus the theoretical lens of moral economy squarely onto
the intimate.

This paper will first deal with the legal and social situation of Islam and Muslims in Austria and then turn to particular "troublesome issues" at the intersection of gender equality and ethnic/religious diversity. The public debate on Muslims particularly focuses on the notion "not willing to integrate" and in the assumption of "parallel societies". Hierarchical gender relations and "harmful traditions" such as veiling, female genital cutting, forced marriage and honour based violence recently became the centre of attention. We will show that the Austrian debate on these issues is shaped by the idea of "dangerous cultural difference" as something coming from outside and being concentrated in segregated Muslim enclaves. Despite the public authorities' rejection of the idea that Islam was responsible for "harmful traditions", legal as well as political measures in Austria not only combat violence against women but also fuel "cultural anxieties" between different ethnic and religious groups.