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Author Hirschkind, Charles, author.

Title The Feeling of History : Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia / Charles Hirschkind
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (216 p.) : 1 halftone
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Political Cartography of Andalucismo -- Chapter 2. The Difficult Convivencia of Spanish History -- Chapter 3. Sounding out the Past -- Chapter 4. The Universe from the Albayzín -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In today's world, the lines between Europe and the Middle East, between Christian Europeans and Muslim immigrants in their midst, seem to be hardening. Alarmist editorials compare the arrival of Muslim refugees with the "Muslim conquest of 711," warning that Europe will be called on to defend its borders. Violence and paranoia are alive and well in Fortress Europe. Against this xenophobic tendency, The Feeling of History examines the idea of Andalucismo--a modern tradition founded on the principle that contemporary Andalusia is connected in vitally important ways with medieval Islamic Iberia. Charles Hirschkind explores the works and lives of writers, thinkers, poets, artists, and activists, and he shows how, taken together, they constitute an Andalusian sensorium. Hirschkind also carefully traces the various itineraries of Andalucismo, from colonial and anticolonial efforts to contemporary movements supporting immigrant rights. The Feeling of History offers a nuanced view into the way people experience their own past, while also bearing witness to a philosophy of engaging the Middle East that experiments with alternative futures
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Jan 2021)
Subject Collective memory -- Spain -- Andalusia
Orientalism -- Spain -- Andalusia
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Collective memory
Orientalism
Spain -- Andalusia
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020022829
ISBN 9780226747002
022674700X