The autumn edition of L’Espill publishes a report about Joan Estelrich, an interview with Thomas Piketty, collaborations with Ada Colau, Mònica Oltra and David Fernàndez, an interview with Rafael L. Ninyoles, and some articles about Manuel Sanchis Guarner. This journal will be launched today, 9 January, with a debate between Mònica Oltra (Compromís) and David Fernàndez (CUP).
In this 47 issue, L’Espill includes a report entitled “El món d’ahir de Joan Estelrich” (Yesterday’s world of Joan Estelrich) about this writer and diarist who was the key figure of Bernat Metge Foundation. He was born in Felanitx (Majorca) and he was a contradictory and fascinating figure who realised a huge work in Catalanism cultural and politic framework, although, later, he would be Franco’s representative of Spain in the UNESCO. Some experts on the subject such as Valentí Puig, Manuel Jorba, Sílvia Coll-Vinent, Antoni Martí Monterde, Jordi Amat and Xavier Pla talk about the different aspects of this Catalan cultural figure during a disturbed period.
Furthermore, this new issue of L’Espill includes more wide and several contents. It includes an interview with Thomas Piketty about his work El capital en el siglo XXI (Capital on 21st century), where he explains the tendency towards growth of social inequalities. Also, it includes some articles of Nerea Miravet about Zygmunt Bauman, articles of Ignacio Sánchez Cuenca about the shift to the right of Spanish intellectuals (with nationalism as a reason why) and articles of Faust Ripoll and Pau Viciano about the work and figure of Sanchis Guarner from his study about the city of Valencia and his work as historian. Moreover, there are three emerging politic voices: Ada Colau (interviewed by Víctor Maceda), Mònica Oltra and David Fernàndez share their points of view about the present politic situation and the prospects of an important change to come.
In the section “Converses” (Conversations), Rafael L. Ninyoles revises his career as a Valencian implicated sociolinguistic and intellectual with Toni Mollà. “Fulls de dietari” (Journal’s sheets) presents a sample of the new work of the poet and writer, Àlex Susanna, entitled Quadern pirenenc. “Documents” (Documents) publishes a speech of Santiago Rusiñol in honour of el Greco, presented by the historian, Francisco Fuster. In the section which focuses on literary criticism, Joan Ramon Resina, Antoni Defez, Xavier Aliaga, Toni Mollà and Antoni Mora write about the works of Ernst Robert Curtius (L’esperit alemany en perill, edited by Antoni Martí Monterde), Joan Vergés (La nació necessària), Joan Fuster (Correspondència, vol. 14), Josep Gifreu (El català en l’espai de comunicació) and Jordi Marrugat (Narrativa catalana de la posmodernitat). The leading article is dedicated to El retorn de la política.
This publishing will be launched today, Friday 9 January, at 19:00 with a debate between Mònica Oltra (Compromís) and David Fernàndez (CUP) moderated by Víctor Maceda. The ceremony will be presented by Gustau Muñoz. It will take place in the bookshop Tres i Quatre (Centre Octubre), calle Sant Ferran, 12.
All information in www.uv.es/lespill
Last update: 4 de january de 2015 07:00.
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