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Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Released Monday, 12th October 2020
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Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Alexis Wick, "The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space" (U California Press, 2016)

Monday, 12th October 2020
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The Red Sea has, from time immemorial, been one of the world’s most navigated spaces, in the pursuit of trade, pilgrimage and conquest. Yet this multidimensional history remains largely unrevealed by its successive protagonists.Intrigued by the absence of a holistic portrayal of this body of water and inspired by Fernand Braudel’s famous work on the Mediterranean, this book brings alive a dynamic Red Sea world across time, revealing the particular features of a unique historical actor. In capturing this heretofore lost space, it also presents a critical, conceptual history of the sea, leading the reader into the heart of Eurocentrism. The Sea, it is shown, is a vital element of the modern philosophy of history.Alexis Wick is not satisfied with this inclusion of the Red Sea into history and attendant critique of Eurocentrism. Contrapuntally, in The Red Sea In Search of Lost Space (University of California Press, 2016) he explores how the world and the sea were imagined differently before imperial European hegemony. Searching for the lost space of Ottoman visions of the sea, The Red Sea makes a deeper argument about the discipline of history and the historian’s craft.Alexis Wick is Associate Professor of History at the American University of Beirut.Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

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