The delirium of John Lackland. Philoarabism and Islamophobia in the 'African' visions of the intellectual discourse of contemporary Spain

The article analyses changes in the intellectual field of Spain concerning the views to the `East' and `Africa' in the context of the clash of civilizations. It is the purpose to reconstruct the emergence of a neoconservative ideology after the terrorist bomb attacks of nineleven and in Madrid (2004), which opposes the influence of the Muslim culture in the `West'. The journalism of Jon Juaristi reflects a change in the `africanist' discourse, which resists to the alleged cultural hegemony of multiculturalism. The self-affirmation of the `West' counters postcolonial perspectives, which for example represents Juan Goytisolo-debates, which also reformulate the classical problem of the Spanish identity.