Like the air we breathe (Spanish version)

By: Antonio Monegal

Published by: Acantilado

ISBN: 9788418370823

Softcover. 176 pages. 21 x 13 cm

Language: Spanish

What is culture and what is it for? Beyond simplistic and inveterate definitions that make of it either the mere intellectual and artistic product of the elite, or the manifestation of humanity in the anthropological sense, this illuminating essay focuses on the collective dimension of cultural phenomena, that is, on the social relevance that, regardless of personal considerations, involves us all, for what is the point if it does not help us to think about and make a better world possible? Through a dialogue with the main works of reference on the subject, Monegal interprets culture as an intrinsically political activity that is indissoluble from our place and our intervention in the world, but above all as a common good of primary necessity to face the challenges of existence.