Ursprünglich auf Spanisch veröffentlicht. José Antonio Montano. The Objective. Die Nation ist keine Metaphysik, sie ist das Ergebnis der Geschichte. Es hängt vom Zeitpunkt ab. Seit 1978 bedeutet spanisch sein einfach nur“Atmen“, es bedeutet nichts, es hat keine Inhalte und erwartet auch keine bestimmte Verhaltensweise. Spanisch sein bedeutet heute kein „Sein“ sondern ein „Haben“, das […]
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Drapeaux de nos pères
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Manuel Arias Maldonado. The Objective 9 Oct 2017 Hier [8 octobre] fut une journée de drapeaux [ à Barcelone ], et on comprend bien que cela inquiète tous ceux qui gardent une certaine conscience de l’Histoire : restent très rares les désastres collectifs où des drapeaux n’ont pas été brandis […]
Une manifestation nécessaire
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Andrea Mármol. The Objective Des dizaines de milliers de débutants sont hier [dimanche 8 octobre] descendus dans la rue à Barcelone. On pouvait deviner la manque d’expérience dans l’exercice dans mille détails sans importance : des drapeaux mal noués, beaucoup trop de slogans différents, qui ne suivaient pas le rythme, […]
Being Spanish is breathing
Originally published in Spanish. José Antonio Montano. The Objective. A nation is not a metaphysics — it’s a result of history. It depends on the moment. And as of 1978, being Spanish is breathing, because it’s nothing else, it entails no particular content nor any specific way of behaving. Today, being Spanish is not a […]
Essere spagnolo è respirare
Originale: “Ser español es respirar”. José Antonio Montano. The Objective La nazione non è una metafisica, ma un risultato storico. Dipende dal momento. E dal 1978 essere spagnolo è respirare, perché non è niente, non implica contenuti o un determinato modo di comportarsi. Essere spagnolo oggi non è un essere, ma un avere: avere una […]
Flags of our Fathers
Published originally in Spanish. Manuel Arias Maldonado. The Objetive The October 8th was a day of flags and is understandable that it had caused some unrest to anyone with historical awareness: collective disasters where no flag was raised are rare. But there are reasons to ask if the flags we saw last Sunday in Barcelona […]
Strange defeat
Originally published in Spanish. Daniel Capó. The Objective. Political failures are usually a consequence of intelligence errors. This is the thesis put forward by historian Marc Bloch in one of his most lucid books –Strange defeat- and it is unavoidable in these moments of civil unrest we turn our attention to it. Strange defeat is […]
Pacific
Originally published in Spanish. Aurora Nacarino-Brabo. The Objective. “We are firing two Spanish employees this week. We are not hiring people from your country anymore. Bye, Spain”. I’m asked not to pay attention to some tweet. Alright. I’m not going to do so, not even to the friends that these days are telling me that […]
L’étrange défaite
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Daniel Capó. The Objective. Les défaites politiques sont souvent le résultat d’erreurs d’intelligence. C’est la thèse que soutient l’historien Marc Bloch dans l’un de ses livres les plus lucides. – L’étrange défaite – et il devient inévitable dans ces moments de grande inquiétude civile de nous retourner vers lui. L’étrange […]
You will make a foreigner out of me
Originally published in Spanish. Juan Claudio de Ramón. The Objective. In democracy secession is the worst of sins. Michael Ignatieff I have –we have- difficulties to make many people understand the severity of what is going on in Catalonia. The difficulty is already high with Spaniards from other parts of the country, who does not […]