Xenophobia!

Just posted an essay about the literary timelessness of Xenophobia. Nothing new under the sun, neither here nor over there… with the OTHERS:

https://anartapart.substack.com/p/xenophobia

”Still, literature is not a cure-all. It cultivates empathy and can sharpen suspicion. One page opens a window; the next rehearses a slur. Rather than imagining a straight moral ascent, it is truer to see an ongoing argument within the bookshelf. Readers learn to recognize signatures of fear: metaphors of dirt and infection, the tidy conversion, the noble demise that clears the stage for the dominant couple. Once learned, these patterns become audible even in works that otherwise enchant.”

#xenophobia #anartapart #carlabrahamsson