Contents

INTRODUCTION

Peace and Wars Between Cultures: Between Europe and the Mediterranean
Emilio La Parra and Thierry Fabre

REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE

Islam and Violence
Bruno Etienne

Between Europe and the Mediterranean: What Fractures?
Khadija Mohsen

Brandishing the Spectre of “The War of Cultures”: Whose Interests Are Served?
Mohamed-Chérif Ferjani

RETURN TO HISTORY

Al-Andalus: Between Myth and History
Maria Jesús Rubiera Mata and Mikel de Epalza

Religion and Politics in the Mediterranean: An Historical Perspective
Alicia Mira Abad and Monica Moreno Seco

COSMOPOLITANISMS, MÉTISSAGES AND SYNCRETICISMS

Bridge, Wall, Mirror: Coexistence and Confrontations in the Mediterranean World
Christian Bromberger

Syncretism in the Mediterranean: Universalism, Cultural Relativism and the Issue of the Mediterranean as a Cultural Area
Thomas Hauschild, Martin Zillinger and Sina Lucia Kottmann

PERSPECTIVES AND ILLUSIONS OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES

The Cultural Dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Critical Review of the First Decade of Intercultural Cooperation
Isabel Schäfer

Face to Face, Side by Side: Between Europe and the Mediterranean
Thierry Fabre

CROSSING FRONTIERS

Satellite Television in the Maghreb: Plural Reception and Interference of Identities
Larbi Chouikha

The Journey of Rai: Routes and Worlds of Transnational Art in the Mediterranean
Gilles Suzanne

The Station of Alicante is the Centre of the World. Wars at the Borders and Peace in the Market along the North African Routes to Europe
Michel Peraldi