Cultures of Anyone Studies on Cultural Democratization in the Spanish Neoliberal Crisis / Moreno-Caballud, Luis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreno Caballud, Luis, author.

Series:

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 11

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social & cultural history.

Society & culture: general.

Sociology.

Economic systems & structures.

Economic & financial crises & disasters.

Economic history.

European history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Other Title:

Liverpool University Press Opening the Future.

Place of Publication:

4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool L69 7ZU Liverpool University Press 2015

Summary:

The text of Cultures of Anyone is freely available online at the Modern Languages Open platform www.modernlanguagesopen.org Cultures of Anyone studies the emergence of collaborative and non-hierarchical cultures in the context of the Spanish economic crisis of 2008. It explains how peer-to-peer social networks that have arisen online and through social movements such as the Indignados have challenged a longstanding cultural tradition of intellectual elitism and capitalist technocracy in Spain. From the establishment of a technocratic and consumerist culture during the second part of the Franco dictatorship to the transition to neoliberalism that accompanied the 'transition to democracy', intellectuals and 'experts' have legitimized contemporary Spanish history as a series of unavoidable steps in a process of 'modernization'. But when unemployment skyrocketed and a growing number of people began to feel that the consequences of this Spanish 'modernization' had increasingly led to pr... Publisher description

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Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9781781382035

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access