The Catalan Crisis : Between Spanish Liberal Democracy and State (dis) Unity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auladell Fauchs, Sergi.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession.

Catalonia (Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book, authored by Sergi Auladell Fauchs, critically examines the Catalan independence movement within the broader context of Spanish liberal democracy and state unity. It explores the historical, political, and social dimensions of the Catalan crisis, focusing on issues of identity, democracy, and the right to self-determination ('Dret a decidir'). The author adopts a post-Marxist approach to analyze social change, the rule of law, and the political discourse surrounding Catalan secession. By challenging traditional academic objectivity and neutrality, the book aims to provoke critical reflection on established categories of academic inquiry. It is intended for scholars, students, and readers interested in Iberian studies, political theory, and the dynamics of nationalism and regionalism in modern Spain. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright Page

Contents

Series Editors' Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Essentialist Pitfalls of the Literature

Identity and the Dret a decidir

Material Causality

Geopolitical and Economic Consequences

The Right of the Catalans to Self-Determination

Discourses, their Methods of Reproduction and Hegemony-Building

Conclusion

Chapter 3 A Psychoanalytical and Post-Marxist Approach to Social Institution and Change

Reality

Discourse

The Status of Knowledge (and Truth)

Fantasy, Points de capiton, Empty Signifiers and Hegemony

Negativity and Dislocation

The Symptom

Chapter 4 On Monadic Unity: The Point de capiton of the Status Quo (and the Seeds of its Dissolution)

Introduction

Monadic Unity as a Pure Signifier: Unidad Before Signification

Unity within the Political: The State

Chapter 5 The Rule of Law and the Symptoms of Consensual Democracy

A Consensual Democracy without Consensus: Building the Symptom

Exclusion and Invisibilisation

Criminalisation and Blame

Chapter 6 Sourcing Absence and Alienation to Name Collective Emancipation

The Sourcing of Absence as a Necessary Condition for an Alternative Political Identity

Setting a Milestone for Absence

The Absence of Proper Democratic Practices: The 78 Regime

The Absence of Fair Economic and Social Policies

The Absence of Alternative Forms of Cultural Identity

Chapter 7 The Sublimation of Choice into an Emancipatory Horizon: A Procés to Exert the Dret a decidir

'Choice' to Bind them All: Naming Das Ding or when Decision 'Takes up the Task'

The Dret a decidir as Subject of Emancipation.

A New Non-Monadic Point de capiton and the Blurring of Traditional Political Frontiers

The Dret a decidir as Democracy

Universality through Metaphorical Emptiness

Inalienability and Convention of a Right to Decide

The Inscription of Social Demands

Reluctance from the Left

Convergències, Unions and Liberal/Traditional Catalanism

A Republican Cultural Identity

Chapter 8 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

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ISBN:

1-83772-173-4

OCLC:

1531321344