Norberto Bobbio: el dubte, entre la malenconia i el compromís

At the occasion of the recent death of the Italian philosopher Norberto Bobbio, the author approaches to the main lines of his analytical reflection about politics, state theory and cultural history. The Bobbio's biography is also presented as a significant example of the Italian Twentieth Century intellectual experience.

Nación y nacionalismo: notas para el estudio comparado del caso catalán en relación al resto de nacionalismos periféricos de España

L'article ens planteja algunes reflexions sobre el sempre vidriós tema del nacionalisme. El valor afegit d'aquest treball rau en el fet que té la pretensió de fer història comparada, confrontant el cas català amb la resta de nacionalismes perifèrics espanyols, sense perdre de vista l'inevitable context europeu general, així com la cronologia específica del cas català.

Vicente Cacho Viu (1929-1997), in memoriam

On the occasion of the recent death of the madrilenian culture historian Vicente Cacho Viu, the authors expose the main lines of his historical work. They point out the importance of Cacho's research on the periord of the Restauración, mainly his studies on the liberal education institution Institución Libre de Enseñanza. They also consider Cacho's interest in Catalonia, remembering the time he spent teaching at Barcelona University, paying attention to his works on catalan modernisme. The article includes a systematic bibliography of Cacho's works.

La construcción del estado nacional italiano

The author takes the comment of the recent book of the French historian Gilles Pécout, Il lungo Risorgimento. La nascita dell'Italia contemporanea (1770-1922), as a pretext to make a revision of the historiography and the main arguments of the source of contemporary Italy. He analyses just the political and cultural process of the Risorgimento, as well as the nationalization of the Italian society after the country became independent.

Líderes obreros y vanguardias culturales: la presencia del obrerismo en la Barcelona de la primera posguerra europea

Teresa Abelló analyses here an aspect of Barcelona's socio-cultural life in the period that goes from the first to the Second World War. She concentrates her attention on a new model of working-class leader that have promoted a clear cut with XIX century internationalist leading manual workers. The new manners embodied on the person of Salvador Seguít, he General Secretary of the anarchosyndicalist CNT. Abelló points aout at the same time . the relationship between these new social habits and the cultural avantgardes of the moment -either literary, pictoria or artistic in general.

El llegat intel·lectual de Miquel Batllori

The Catalan historian Miquel Batllori (1909-2003), had developed an important performance in many aspects of intellectual activities. He developed an extensive studies in many historical subjects. The author considers mainly the Batllori works connected with cultural history.

La cultura obrera: perspectives per al seu estudi

This "Introduction" underlines the multi-explanatory causes that explain the incorporation of the cultural approaches and methodologies to today's Catalan Social History.

Deporte y modernización en el ámbito mediterráneo. Reflexiones para una historia comparada (1870-1925)

The authors point out the main lines of the development of sportive practices on Mediterranean countries, during XX th century. They also expose some methodological issues as a contribute to the making of a social and cultural history of sports.

La història cultural i l'intel·lectual professional. Una visió personal

The author exposes the main research lines in the history of local culture. He briefly considers the main lines in cultural contemporary history investigation. The author studies the introduction and development of cultural history based on the concept of intellectual professional in Catalan historiography at a moment when economical and social research were preferred by a large part of local historians.

La història declinant. Breus notes sobre l'auge de la "memòria històrica"

Anàlisi de les relacions que s'estableixen entre la història i la memòria, vistes des dela perspectiva d'un espai cultural concret però en funció de l'actual fase global en la qual la memòria ha esdevingut un camp preferent i un producte cultural de mercat, alhora que un element destacat en l'actual fase postmoderna de justificació democràtica. L'article apuntacom en tota aquesta magna operació cosmètica el gran damnificat és el coneixement històric, que acaba difuminat i fins i tot distorsionat.