Originally published in Spanish. Luis Abenza. Politikon. As the conflict with Catalonia advances and solutions come into view, if there are any to come, it will be important that the debate stops revolving around abstract realities, such as the right to decide, and begins to be focused on concrete solutions like what kind of self-government […]
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The Catalan Question and the Contradictions of Prosperity
Originally published in Spanish. Luis Abenza. Politikon. Where does the support to nationalism come from? Is this the result of a clash of legitimacies, of conflicting ideas about democracy, of a constitutional crisis? Or is this the expression of antagonisms structured by deeper factors? The 2006 Estatut, the “Scam Theory” and the “Clash of Legitimacies” […]
Seven viewpoints on 1-O
Published originally in Spanish. Politikon. Considering the exceptional moment we are in, seven editors of Politikon pour their different viewpoints regarding the vote on October 1st, what has happened up to now and what is yet to come. Elena Costas Pérez. Four days before the referendum in Catalonia any diagnostic is bound to be tragic. […]