Al-Andalus in Motion - Travelling Concepts and Cross-Cultural Contexts (Hardcover)

At a time when the discourse of a clash of civilisations has been re-grounded anew in scaremongering and dog-whistle politics over a Hispanic "challenge" to America and a Muslim "challenge" to European societies, and in the context of the War on Terror and migration panics, evocations of al-Andalus - medieval Iberia under Islamic rule - have gained new and hotly polemic topicality, championed and contested as either exemplary models or hoodwinking myths. The essays in this volume explore how al-Andalus has been transformed into a "travelling concept": that is, a place in time that has transcended its original geographic and historical location to become a figure of thought with global reach. They show how Iberia's medieval past, where Islam, Judaism and Christianity co-existed in complex, paradoxical and productive ways, has offered individuals and communities in multiple periods and places a means of engaging critically and imaginatively with questions of religious pluralism, orientalism and colonialism, exile and migration, intercultural contact and national identity. Travelling in their turn from the medieval to the contemporary world, across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and covering literary, cultural and political studies, critical Muslim and Jewish studies, they illustrate the contemporary significance of the Middle Ages as a site for collaborative interdisciplinary thinking.

General

Imprint:	King's College London School of Humanities
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Kings College London Medieval Studies (KCLMS)
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Rachel Scott (Customer) • Abdoolkarim Vakil • Julian Weiss
Contributors:	Abdoolkarim Vakil • Rachel Scott (Customer) • Yuval Evri • Daniel Munoz Sempere • Julian Weiss • Doriane Zerka
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-1-897747-38-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-897747-38-1
Barcode:	9781897747384

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