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Egilea: Ramón Zallo
Argitaletxea: Alberdania
Orrialde kopurua: 320
ISBN: 978-84-96643-59-8
Ezaugarriak: Ramón Zallo offers us with this
informative book an overall synthesis of Basque culture, society and history.
Thanks to its contents it may be destined to become a road map for understanding
some keys about the country of the Basques.
The author starts from a broad concept of Basque culture which, while it is
not very well known, is proportionally very rich for such a small country.
He conceives it as a whole culture and as having a history of its own, although
it is very closely related to its surroundings. And its trajectory indicates
the need to prioritize its development and singularity in this global world
full of uncertainty.
In Part One he traces (and vindicates) the cultural and spatial idea of Euskal
Herria, and briefly describes its history, society and characteristics, its
economic evolution and the political systems of Euskadi, Navarra and Iparralde.
He presents a society with deeply-rooted values and a very dense civil society
that now needs to review, without amnesia, the tragedies and disappointments
of recent years.
In Part Two he offers a new vision of each one of the various branches of
culture. Giving Euskara the attention that it deserves as the most specific
defining trait, the book offers an added dimension through an updated look
at the styles, works and names within architecture, the visual, theatre and
musical arts, Basque literature in Euskara and Spanish and the different types
of heritage.It ends with a gallery of historical and contemporary figures
that demonstrate the country’s diversity.
Its method is descriptive, orderly and not overly interpretative. Interpretation
is left to the reader.
