In past years Miquel Barceló has been depicted in various albeit contrasting ways. He has been acclaimed as: the new Picasso, the rebel, the genius […]
The Brutality of Things. Psychic Transformations of Reality
In every psychic experience, even in the production of a work of art, there exists a nucleus that is impossible to transform. It resists any […]
Caporalato. An Authentic Agromafia
The essay investigates the effects produced by criminal networks involved in the production and harvest of agricultural products. Focused on the analysis of caporalato, it […]
A Petty Statesman. Writings on War and International Affairs
David Hume was not only a lover of political speculation, who dealt with politics in his most important works, but also an expert in military […]
Aesthetics Literature and Life. Essays in honor of Jean-Pierre Cometti
The complex relationship between life and the arts has always been a crucial topic in philosophical discourse. The essays in this book discuss fundamental issues […]
Retold Resold Transformed. Crime Fiction in the Global Era
In recent decades crime fiction has enjoyed a creative boom. Although, as Alison Young argues in her book Imagining Crime (1996), crime stories remain strongly […]
Fernando Pessoa. A quasi memoir
Writing a biography about Pessoa is a seemingly impossible task. The great Portuguese poet did not have just one life, but his existence virtually exploded […]
The battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers is a figure for liberation and it can still communicate a sense of euphoria to those who experience and study it. […]
Cinéma&Cie 31: To Each Their Own Pop. The Mediatization of Popular Music in Europe (1960-1979)
Pop music meets the media… This issue is dedicated to a social and cultural phenomenon that we could call the ‘mediatization of pop music’. With […]