España postimperial

Imperio restaurativo is the ideology the elites of the Spanish state articulate to resolve the crises they generate. It proposes that the state as an institution is the solution to these crises, because it can restore us to a former condition – an imperial one. So we promote a political fantasy of constant and open … More España postimperial

Elite Capture

What interests me about the book isn’t just the thesis. It’s that, as he points out, people have seen this and written about it before. Decades ago. The other thing is the arguments he describes in detail, I didn’t know all of the people he discusses. And chronology gets clarified since he is looking globally. … More Elite Capture