by José Luis Sampedro · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423335756
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«Los mongoles en Bagdad» is the essay by José Luis Sampedro, published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
A retired professor sets out to write an essay on current international affairs and receives a visit from Ogatai, an old Mongol friend who is a historian at Harvard. From there, the work contrasts the Mongol capture of Baghdad in 1258 with the 2003 invasion of Iraq to reflect on the injustices of today's world.
Includes illustrations by Santiago Sequeiros. Belongs to the Imago Mundi collection.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of the Middle East and in political and social essays on contemporary war.
José Luis Sampedro Sáez was a Spanish economist and writer who advocated an economy "more humane, more caring, able to help develop the dignity of peoples". Academician of the Real Academia Española since 1990, he was the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain, the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2010) and the Spanish Literature National Prize (2011). He became an inspiration for the anti-austerity movement in Spain.
