Between reason and history: Habermas and the idea of progress
Editorial STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
- ISBN13 9780791454107
- ISBN10 079145410X
- Tipo Libro
- Páginas 220
- Año de Edición 2002
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Rústica
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Filosofía ContemporáneaBetween reason and history: Habermas and the idea of progress
Editorial STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
Examines crucial moments of transition in Spanish culture and society during both dictatorship and democracy. BACKCOVER: Focusing on Spanish culture and society in the second half of the twentieth century, Despotic Bodies and Transgressive Bodies traverses a variety of disciplines: literature, film studies, cultural studies, feminist theory, and history, to examine crucial moments of cultural transition. Beginning with an analysis of the period of autarky-Spain's economic, cultural, and ideological isolation under Francisco Franco's regime- Pavlovic then explores the tumultuous passage to capitalism in the late 1950s and 1960s. She follows this by revisiting the complex political situation following Franco's death and points out the difficulties in Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Combining a strong theoretical background with a detailed study of marginalized texts (La fiel infantería), genres (the Spanish comedy known as the comedia sexy celtibérica), and film directors (Jesús Franco), Pavlovic reveals the construction of Spanish national identity through years of cultural tensions.
Author Biography: Tatjana Pavlovic is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Tulane University.