by Josep Gifreu · Pagès editors, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479357801
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«El meu país: Narratives i combats per la identitat» is the essay by Josep Gifreu, published by Pagès editors in paperback (168 pages, in Catalan).
The essay studies the power of narratives in the struggles for identity in the crisis of nations. Identity is a scarce good controlled by the powers that be; the State remains the central actor sustaining the national narrative against globalization. It raises the question of the Catalan «we» and its possible replacement.
Volume 47 of the Argent Viu collection. Finalist for the Josep Vallverdú essay prize 2000.
For readers interested in the sociology of nations, the debate on Catalan identity, and the role of the State in the face of globalization.
