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- Title
IN PRAISE OF AL-ANDALUS. ANDALUSI IDENTITY IN IBN ῌAZM'S AND AL-ŠAQUNDῙ'S TREATISES.
- Authors
WILK, MATEUSZ
- Abstract
In the present article the Author attempts to analyse two treatises written by Ibn Ḥazm and al-Šaqundῑ known under the common title of Risāla fῑ-faḍl al-Andalus preserved in al-Maqqarā's vast anthology Nafḥ al-ṭῑb min ġuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭῑb. Chronologically separated by about two centuries, they witness of profound changes in the manner of representing al-Andalus and auto-identification of its inhabitants. While Ibn Ḥazm, claiming to respond to a scribe from Qayrawān who asserted that there was no learning in al-Andalus, defends its position as a cultural centre of a rank equal to the Abbasid East, al-Šaqundī attempts to exalt the merits of al-Andalus in comparison to North Africa. The Author argues that the change in the manner of praising al-Andalus results to a great extent from the change in the political situation which, in turn, influenced the imagery of the treatises in question.
- Subjects
IBN Hazm, 'Ali ibn Ahmad, 994-1064; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); CALIPHATE; NOSTALGIA; LITERATURE; PRAISE
- Publication
Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum, 2010, Vol 4, p141
- ISSN
1888-3931
- Publication type
Article