La generación fusilada

El debat entorn de la forja de les identitats col·lectives al llarg de la història s'ha aguditzat durant els últims temps. En aquest llibre s'examina la possible existència de «nacions sense nacionalisme» en l'Europa moderna, i també el significat del patriotisme en la Catalunya dels Àustries, en la conjuntura del 1640. El seu autor ha procedit a la revisió radical de certs conceptes que sustenten les narratives tradicionals dels fets. El resultat de tot això és una contribució original, densa, i que renova la interpretació a l'ús d'un esdeveniment concret, la revolta catalana...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Una monumental obra sobre nuestro constante diálogo con el temor y la amenaza. Esta historia del miedo, asimismo una historia de las mentalidades, demuestra que no solo los individuos, sino también las colectividades e incluso las civilizaciones, pueden estar atrapados en un permanente diálogo con el miedo. El autor traza el retrato de una sociedad traumatizada por la peste, las guerras, las disputas religiosas y la constante inseguridad, y analiza la instrumentalización del terror, sobre todo por parte de la Iglesia. Al desvelar las pesadillas de nuestro pasado, muestra las raíces de la ...

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