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La verità delle bugie

Originale: “La verdad de las mentiras”. Ferran Toutain. Blog.  Catalan: “La veritat de les mentides”. Ferran Toutain. El País. In Voltaire contre-attaque, il saggio pubblicato dal pensatore francese André Glucksmann nel 2014, un anno prima di morire, la nostra epoca viene definita come “l’anarchia dei saperi e delle opinioni”. Il problema non è solo che […]

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A Catalan Cultural Autobiography: The End of a Hegemony that seemed Indestructible

Originally published in Spanish: “Autobiografía cultural catalana: El fin de una hegemonía que parecía indestructible”. Ramón González Férriz. El Confidencial. In my formative years in Catalonia —the 80’s and 90’s— a cultural hegemony apparently indestructible reigned. It was the result of an unstable yet functional coalition between nationalism and progressivism. Nationalism was committed to ensure […]

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In English Voices From Spain

Paranormal Phenomena

Originally published in Spanish: “Fenómenos Paranormales”. Eduardo Jordá. La Opinión de Málaga. Here is a phenomenon to be studied in the future by psychologists and social scientists (and perhaps also by researchers specializing in paranormal phenomena): How is it possible that thousands upon thousands of high-cultured people —university professors, lawyers, engineers, architects, poets, economists— came […]

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In English Voices From Spain

A Sick Society

Originally published in Spanish: “Una socieadad enferma”. Joaquim Coll. Crónica Global. Let me be clear: a large part of Catalan society is politically sick. It includes many educated people, well paid, and even successful professionals. It is the secessionist passion aptly described by the psychiatrist Adolph Tobeña in his book. People who, instead of demanding […]

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Spain 155

Originally published in Spanish: “España 155”. Manuel Arias Maldonado. The Objective. We have had some time to reflect on the unprecedented measure adopted by the Spanish government to invoke Article 155 of the constitution —after all, there is always a first time in life. But, whatever comes out from the Catalan Parliament, its enforcement will […]

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The Truth of Lies

Originally published in Spanish: “La verdad de las mentiras”. Ferran Toutain. Blog.  Catalan: “La veritat de les mentides”. Ferran Toutain. El País. In Voltaire contre-attaque, the essay by the French thinker André Glucksmann published in 2014, one year before his death, our era is described as “the anarchy of knowledges and opinions”. The problem is […]

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État d’exception

Publié à l’origine en espagnol: «Estado de excepción» Andreu Jaume. El País Barcelone est ces jours-ci une ville déprimée, politiquement vidée et témoin de poussées de haine. La voix du Parlement de Catalogne a été remplacée par une masse de harcèlement, conduite et  aiguillonnée par l’Assemblée Nationale Catalane (ANC) et Òmnium Cultural Les 6 et […]

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