Alois Musil (1868–1944), the Moravian Lawrence of Arabia : The Question of Coloniality in Central Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00144277" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00144277 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/austrian-history-yearbook/article/alois-musil-18681944-the-moravian-lawrence-of-arabia-the-question-of-coloniality-in-central-europe/F38F4DDE94097F9D21A430014FCDA021" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/austrian-history-yearbook/article/alois-musil-18681944-the-moravian-lawrence-of-arabia-the-question-of-coloniality-in-central-europe/F38F4DDE94097F9D21A430014FCDA021</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0067237825000025" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0067237825000025</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Alois Musil (1868–1944), the Moravian Lawrence of Arabia : The Question of Coloniality in Central Europe
Original language description
A recurring issue of debate for scholars of Central Europe has been the extent to which analyses of European colonialism apply to Austria-Hungary and its successor states. This article considers this issue in relation to the theologian, archeologist, and scholar of Arabic culture, Alois Musil (1868-1940). Long celebrated in Austria and Czechoslovakia, he has seldom been subject to critical analysis. A loyal Habsburg subject-and confessor to the Empress Zita until 1918-then an enthusiastic promoter of Czechoslovakia and co-founder of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Prague, Musil was a striking example of how individuals in Central Europe adapted to changing political realities. The article focuses in particular on his attitudes to European colonialism. On the one hand, he was critical of British and Italian colonialism, but he worked to further Habsburg imperial interests in the Middle East. When discussing Japanese ambitions in the 1930s, he emphasized the superiority of European colonial rule. He illustrates the complex stance of many Czechs (and other Central Europeans) toward colonialism. They imagined they were innocent of its taint but were in fact enmeshed in it, often endorsing it or acting as agents of the schemes of the European powers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts

Project
<a href="/en/project/GX25-15630X" target="_blank" >GX25-15630X: Czechs and the Colonial World: Design and Visual Culture since 1848</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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