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Spain
An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond “Comprehensive and engaging.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spain’s transition to democracy after Franco’s long dictatorship was widely hailed as a success, ushering in three decades of unprecedented progress and prosperity. Yet over the past decade its political consensus has been under severe strain. A stable two-party system has splintered, with disruptive new parties on the far left and far right. No government has had a majority since 2015. Michael Reid overturns the stereotypical view of Spain as a country haunted by its Francoist past. From Catalan separatism and the indignados movement to the Spanish economy’s overdependence on tourism and small business, Spain’s challenges can often seem unique. But Reid is careful to emphasize the many pressures it faces in common with its European neighbors—such as austerity, populism, and increasing polarization. The result is a penetrating yet rounded portrait of a vibrant country—one that is more often visited than understood.
The Op-Ed Novel
The Op-Ed Novel follows a clutch of globally renowned Spanish novelists who swept into the political sphere via the pages of El País. Their literary sensibility transformed opinion journalism, and their weekly columns changed their novels, which became venues for speculative historical claims, partisan political projects, and intellectual argument.
El naufragi
La millor crònica que s'ha escrit dels esdeveniments de Catalunya. Tot va començar el 2012, quan Artur Mas va tornar de la Moncloa amb la negativa de Mariano Rajoy a abordar un pacte fiscal per a Catalunya. Aquell president de la Generalitat designat a dit per Jordi Pujol va emprendre llavors una carrera imparable abraçat a un independentisme en el qual mai havia militat. Va avançar en la via del desafiament a l'Estat espanyol com qui s'endinsa en un bosc espès i al passar la vegetació es va tancant a l'esquena, en la confiança que el seu rival a la Moncloa cediria o seria obligat a fer-ho pels líders europeus. Què va impulsar Mas a enfilar aquesta direcció? Qui el va influir durant el trajecte? Hi va haver algun moment en què va ser possible canviar el curs de la història i evitar una de les pitjors crisis institucionals i polítiques d'Espanya?
Food for thought (en català)
Benvingut al festí per la ment de "Food for Thought". Aquest llibre és una invitació a embarcar-te en un viatge pel món dels llibres que han canviat la manera de pensar de milions de persones. Des de les profunditats de "Atomic Habits" fins als matins revolucionaris de "The 5 AM Club", cada capítol serveix una porció de saviesa, directament des de la cuina dels mestres. Acompanya'ns mentre explorem les profunditats de la ment humana amb "Thinking, Fast and Slow", desafiem els estàndards amb "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck", i redefinim la riquesa amb "Rich Dad Poor Dad" i "The Psychology of Money". A més, descobrirem els secrets de la comunicació en "How to Talk to Anyone", des...
Identity and Nation in 21st Century Catalonia
This volume offers an overview of the ongoing debate regarding nationalism, globalisation, secessionism and languages in 21st century Catalonia. At the heart of the book is a set of interlocking questions relating to socio-political issues in sub-state nations seeking independence in the 21st century.
The Last Survivor
This book proposes an interpretation of Francoism as the Spanish variant of fascism. Unlike Italian fascism and Nazism, the Franco regime survived the Second World War and continued its existence until the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Francoism was, therefore, the Last Survivor of the fascisms of the interwar period. And indeed this designation applies equally to Franco. The work begins with an analysis of the historical identity of Spanish fascism, constituted in the process of fascistization of the Spanish right during the crisis of the Second Republic, and consolidated in the formation of the fascist single-party and the New State during the civil war. Subsequent chapter contributi...
Living Anarchism
"Magnificent."—Paul Preston, author of The Spanish Holocaust Brick maker by trade, revolutionary anarchist and historian by default; this is a study of the life of José Peirats (1908–1989) and the labor union that gave him life, the CNT. It is the biography of an individual but also of a collective agent—the working class Peirats was born into—and the affective ties of kinship, friendship, and community that cemented into a movement, the most powerful of its type in the world. Chris Ealham is the author of Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-revolution in Barcelona, 1898–1937.
El fill del xofer
Arran de la figura fosca i perversa d'Alfons Quintà (Figueres 1943-Barcelona 2016) —periodista, advocat, oficial de la Marina Mercant i jutge, que el 19 de desembre de 2016 va assassinar la seva dona i després es va suïcidar amb una escopeta de caça—, Jordi Amat, un dels observadors més lúcids i transversals del moment , fa una reflexió sobre el poder en forma de narració. Darrere d'una carrera periodística fulgurant (que transcorre per la direcció de TV3 o les tertúlies d'Intereconomía) s'oculta una trajectòria fosca plena de xantatges, persecucions sexuals, abusos d'autoritat i tripijocs diversos, que mostra com funcionen les clavegueres del poder a Catalunya: un relat magistral de periodisme testimonial.
Catalan Cinema
Catalan Cinema offers a theoretical reading of the most relevant cinematic productions to emerge from Catalonia in the last twenty years. The essays in this collection examine cinema in relation to the Escola de Barcelona (The Barcelona School), a group of cinema directors that drew inspiration from British pop-art, Free Cinema, and the Nouvelle Vague to create works that defied and challenged the Franco dictatorship. Highlighting the aesthetic, social, and political elements of Catalan cinematography, contributors to this volume explore what young directors have in common with works created by more notable directors such as Joaquim Jordà, Jacinto Esteva, Jordi Grau, and Pere Portabella. Catalan Cinema focuses on the importance of modern production and its connection with the avant-garde and underground cinema from the Barcelona School. Establishing a cinematic genealogy, the volume ultimately questions if Catalan cinema’s own push for self-expression may be interpreted as a connection to Catalonia’s current drive for independence.
