Catalan Political Modernism: The Case of Gabriel Alomar i Villalonga (1873–1941) and Modernism on the Periphery
David W. Bird
In this study, Bird discusses the historical development of modernism as an aesthetic and political stance in essays twentieth-century Catalan essayist Gabriel Alomar i Villalonga (1873–1941). Because hegemonic position Castilian viewpoint modern period, Spanish nation-state has been curiously disconnected from Mediterranean world; by examining Alomar’s early essays, we can discover a covered-over perspective Spain, more Mediterranean-focused Catalans. As critical social theorist, diagnoses Spain’s self-perceived “backwardness” at beginning twentieth century effect isolationism, prescribes therapy integration Mediterranean, generally European outlook identity.
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