Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City

The book "Terror Capitalism" by Darren Byler provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary Chinese colonization of the Uyghur Muslim minority group in Xinjiang, shedding light on the mass detention of over one million Uyghurs in "reeducation camps." Byler's ethnographic fieldwork in Ürümchi reveals how media infrastructures, state-enforced cultural values, and the influx of Han Chinese settlers contribute to Uyghur dispossession and expulsion from the city.

The book offers a detailed look at the political and economic stakes of Uyghur colonization, demonstrating that state-directed capitalist dispossession is coconstructed with a colonial relation of domination.

This insightful work provides critical insights into one of the most important and contested topics in international human rights, making it an indispensable resource for studies in human rights, surveillance, China, Muslims, Islamophobia, capitalism, and more.