Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political transformations of our time. In this compilation of essays, Bartra thinks through these transformations by tracing the complex interplay between popular culture, nationalist ideology, civil society, and the state in contemporary Mexico.
Written with verve over a period of twenty years, these essays most translated into English here for the first time suggest why Bartra has become one of Latin America s leading public intellectuals. The essays...
Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political tran...
Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political transformations of our time. In this compilation of essays, Bartra thinks through these transformations by tracing the complex interplay between popular culture, nationalist ideology, civil society, and the state in contemporary Mexico.
Written with verve over a period of twenty years, these essays most translated into English here for the first time suggest why Bartra has become one of Latin America s leading public intellectuals. The essays...
Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political tran...
Despite melancholy s long tenure in European history, little attention has been paid to the subject of melancholy during the Spanish Golden Age, in spite of its enormous importance to Spanish thinking and culture. This volume demonstrates that the melancholy that prevailed in this historical period is an indispensable link in a chain which may help us to further understand the appearance of sadness and malcontent in Europe at the dawn of modernity. Staring with an exploration of "Libro de la melancholia," the first book on melancholy written in vernacular Spanish, "Melancholy and Culture"...
Despite melancholy s long tenure in European history, little attention has been paid to the subject of melancholy during the Spanish Golden Age, in...
