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by Alan Barroso (Author)
UN ENSAYO PARA RECUPERAR LA IMAGINACIÓN POLÍTICA Y DEFENDER LA CIVILIZACIÓN EN TIEMPOS DE COLAPSO.
"Este libro no es un manual de supervivencia individual. Para eso ya existen miles de gurús vendiéndote cursos para hacerte millonario si eres pobre o refugios nucleares en Nueva Zelanda si eres rico. Este libro trata sobre la única salida real: la colectiva".
En un momento marcado por la erosión de nuestra atención, la dictadura del algoritmo y el avance de una inteligencia artificial que redefine el trabajo y el poder, el politólogo Alán Barroso nos propone mirar de frente aquello que algunos prefieren no ver.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
AN ESSAY TO RECOVER POLITICAL IMAGINATION AND DEFEND CIVILIZATION IN TIMES OF COLLAPSE.
"This book is not a manual for individual survival. There are already thousands of gurus selling you courses on how to become a millionaire if you are poor or nuclear shelters in New Zealand if you are rich. This book is about the only real way out: the collective one."
At a time marked by the erosion of our attention, the dominance of algorithms, and the advance of artificial intelligence that is redefining work and power, political scientist Alán Barroso proposes that we look squarely at what some prefer not to see. Civilization or Barbarism explores the great challenges of our century: the disinformation that fuels extremism, a capitalism that turns time into a commodity, the climate crisis that already exceeds the maps, and the silent secession of the elites who can afford to live outside the rules. Barroso does not limit himself to pointing out the symptoms; he also dismantles the narratives that present deterioration as inevitable and shows how, in this atmosphere of disorientation, those who seek to weaken what holds us together are gaining ground. Barbarism, Barroso warns, takes hold when we stop thinking collectively. This book is an invitation to reclaim our political imagination and defend the institutions that make life together possible. Because giving up on thinking about the future is also a way of losing it. "Barbarism is winning. Not the barbarism of savage hordes and chaos imagined by our ancestors. Ours is more sophisticated: it wears designer suits, is listed on the stock exchange, and has an account in the Cayman Islands."
Author Biography
Alán Barroso nació en Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana (Barcelona) en 1997 y creció en Valjunquera (Teruel). Se graduó en Ciencias Políticas por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y luego en Estudios Avanzados en Comunicación Política por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Lleva años divulgando sobre política y actualidad en redes sociales, participa en programas de televisión y se ha dedicado a la asesoría de comunicación a nivel profesional en diversas instituciones y empresas. En 2022, publicó su primer libro titulado Patria digna.
