| By the Grace of God: Francoist Spain and the Sacred Roots of Political Imagination Contributor(s): Viestenz, William R. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1442647574 ISBN-13: 9781442647572 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $77.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 860.938 |
| LCCN: 2013497909 |
| Series: Toronto Iberic |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though neither king nor priest, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco nevertheless conceptualized his right to sovereignty around a political theology in which national identity resembled a sacred cult. Using Franco's Spain and la Espa a sagrada as a counterpoint to European secularity's own development, By the Grace of God is the first sustained analysis within Spanish cultural studies of the sacred as a political category and a tool for political organization. William Viestenz shows how imagining national identity as a sacred absolute within a pluralistic, multicultural state leads to dictatorship, scapegoating, and exceptional violence. Using novels and poetry from the Catalan literary tradition and stalwarts of the Castilian canon, his analysis demonstrates that the sacred is a concept that spills over into key areas of secular political imagination. By the Grace of God offers an original theory of the sacred that challenges our understanding of twentieth-century political thought. |
Contributor Bio(s): Viestenz, William R.: - William Viestenz is an assistant professor of Spanish and Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. |