Beyond Orientalism

Ahmad Ibn Qasim Al-Hajari Between Europe and North Africa
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-39045-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters.

Beyond Orientalism reformulates our understanding of the early modern Mediterranean through the remarkable life and career of Moroccan polymath Ahmad Ibn Qâsim al-Hajarî (ca. 1570-1641). By showing Hajarî’s active engagement with some of the most prominent European Orientalists of his time, Oumelbanine Zhiri makes the case for the existence of an Arabic Republic of Letters that operated in parallel to its European counterpart.

A major corrective to the long-held view of Orientalism that accords agency only to Europeans, Beyond Orientalism emphasizes the active role played by Hajarî and other “Orientals” inside and outside of Europe in some of the most significant intellectual movements of the age. Zhiri explores the multiple interactions between these two networks of intellectuals, decentering Europe to reveal how Hajarî worked collaboratively to circulate knowledge among Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhiri, Oumelbanine Nina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE
A CONNECTED REPUBLIC OF LETTERS

1 • Ahmad al-Hajari: Trajectories of Exile

2 • Networks of Orientalism: Out of the Shadows

PART TWO

AHMAD AL-HAJARI: BECOMING AN ARAB WRITER

3 • Hajari: A Morisco Writer in the Arabic Republic of Letters

4 • Hajari in the World

PART THREE

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONTACT ZONE

5 • A Harbor on the Atlantic Coast

6 • Artillery and Practical Knowledge in North Africa

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Oumelbanine Zhiri is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. She has published books and articles on Leo Africanus and François Rabelais and on the cultural history of the connection between Europe and North Africa in the early modern period.