The frontier of Gottfried Liedl
Situating the origins of European modernity in Naṣrid Granada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12922001 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Stearns (0000-0002-1765-7901, New York University Abu Dhabi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-262 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-6559 • E-ISSN: 1754-6567 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17546559.2011.610184 |
| OpenAlex | W2069537183 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
In a range of recent popular and scholarly surveys of the history and significance of al-Andalus, US scholars have emphasized that Muslim Iberia was characterized by attributes such as “tolerance,” and “cosmopolitanism.” This article aims to draw attention to the neglected work of a contemporary Austrian historian and philosopher, Gottfried Liedl, who in his Frontier trilogy has argued for the modernity of Naṣrid Granada from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Through a reading of Liedl's discussion of how Granada was legally, militarily, socially, and demographically both modern and European, this article argues for the importance of Liedl's work to understanding the full spectrum of the ways in which scholars use aspects of the history of al-Andalus to advance master narratives for the significance of Islamic Iberia. Throughout his work, Liedl presents a critique of both “modernity” and the state in its modern form by arguing that Naṣrid Granada was the first modern European state
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cosmopolitanism · Epistemology · Fifteenth · Frontier · Literature · Modernity · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Trilogy · Classics · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · History · Law · Philosophy
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