Description
DICTIONARY OF FAREWELLS
Book Summary
This book is not a standard dictionary, but a highly personal glossary in which each entry becomes a short essay. The author, Gabriel Albiac, displays sharp and erudite thinking to explore concepts ranging from philosophy and literature to political ideologies. The reader will find a work that challenges conventional definitions, offering profound and often provocative reflections on language, power, and the human condition. It is an intellectual journey that invites one to question certainties and bid farewell to received ideas.
What is it about?
Each of the entries in this glossary is a miniature essay. Far from offering objective definitions, the author uses the dictionary format as a pretext to develop a profound cultural and political critique. Through a dense and lucid literary style, Albiac dissects key terms of our time, connecting philosophical tradition with the most immediate current events. The book acts as a sounding board where erudition is placed at the service of a lucid and often uncomfortable look at the contemporary world.
Main themes
- Critical analysis of language and its conceptual traps.
- Reflection on political ideologies and their historical evolution.
- Review of key figures and works from the literary and philosophical tradition.
- Farewell as a metaphor for the end of certainties and systems of thought.
- The tension between the individual and power structures.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers with a solid background in philosophy, literature, and political theory who are looking for a demanding and stimulating work. Also for those interested in the essay as a literary genre and in proposals that break with conventional academic formats. It is a book designed for restless minds who enjoy intellectual provocation and uncompromising critical thinking.
What this book offers
- An original and unconventional perspective on seemingly familiar concepts.
- A stimulus for critical thinking and personal reflection.
- An example of literary and philosophical erudition applied to contemporary analysis.
- A fragmentary reading experience that allows the book to be approached from any entry.
- A tool for questioning dogmas and commonplaces of public discourse.
Technical specifications
- Author: ALBIAC, GABRIEL
- Publisher: CONFLUENCIAS
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: DICTIONARIES, LITERARY ESSAYS, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
- Collection: HISPANIOLA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: April 2020
- Number of pages: 420
- Weight: 540 g
Editorial review
A singular work that combines the rigor of the essay with the formal freedom of a glossary. Its main value lies in the author's ability to turn each entry into a small treatise on ideas, offering a dense but rewarding read. It may be of particular interest to those who are looking for a book that does not merely inform, but forces one to think, and offers a lucid and uncompromising vision of the great issues of our time.