by José Ortega y Gasset · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420641133
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«España invertebrada» is the historical and philosophical essay by José Ortega y Gasset, published by Alianza in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
In this classic work, Ortega y Gasset analyzes the political and social crisis of the Spain of his time through historical reason. He argues that the country's disintegration as a nation is due to the lack of a common life project and to the action of social groups, pronunciamientos, regionalisms and separatisms. He interprets these phenomena as a process of disintegration advancing from the periphery towards the center, a reflection that marked historiography and opened controversies about Spain's destiny.
Originally written in 1921, this volume in the Obras de José Ortega y Gasset collection includes, as an appendix, the series of articles on «El poder social» and an added text: the «Conclusión» to the chapter «¿No hay hombres o no hay masas?».
Recommended for readers of philosophy, history and Spanish political thought, as well as for those interested in classic twentieth-century essays.
José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" that "comprised a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics inspired by William James and with a general method from a realist phenomenology imitating Edmund Husserl, which served both his proto-existentialism and his realist historicism, which has been compared to both Wilhelm Dilthey and Benedetto Croce."
