‘Spatializing Europe’ – Ethno-Pluralist Approaches through Cultural Transfer in the Revista de Occidente (1923-1936)

Abstract

This study focuses on the question how Europe was spatialized through cultural transfer in the Revista de Occidente between 1923 and 1936 in Spain. Two complementary discourses will be analysed: Firstly, contributions in cultural history that framed Europe as a world area amongst other, extra-European spaces; secondly, the main ideas and theories that determined a particular European spatial ingredient. While the first discourse focuses on non-European geographical areas as ‘monolithical cultures’, the second discourse stresses the notion of Europe as an ethnopluralist entity. Both complementary discourses will be examined separately by a two-step analysis. As a final conclusion, the present paper highlights the ethno-pluralist character in this process of a spatialization of Europe through cultural transfer.