ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a tradition inquiry that focuses on Spain's medieval history as means to pose questions in the present about the conceptual and moral boundaries of Europe. It highlights the historical sensibilities, attitudes and practices that link the Spanish nation to its Muslim past and that have found expression in a range of contemporary social and political movements. The chapter discusses some of these contemporary movements that incorporate a lived relation to the Islamic past as a condition of ethical agency. It explains some facets of the contemporary regionalist movement in Andalusia. Contemporary debates on immigration, on Spain's role within the EU or on the War on Terror frequently come to pivot upon discordant interpretations of the Andalusian legacy. The Andalusian state and other regional entities have sought to cultivate and promote a distinct historical identity through an emphasis on its 'Moorish legacy'.
