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ISBN: 0-916950-02-6
135 pp. | cloth | $20.00

 ISBN: 0-916950-16-6
135  pp. | paper| $12.00  

Thomas Mermall

This book distinguishes between conservative and socialist humanism in contemporary Spanish culture. The author gives special attention to aesthetics and politics in Falangist culture; the rhetoric of conservative humanism; the influence of Freud in Spain; the Marxist essay in Spain; and the rhetoric of anti-humanism.

"Mermall's is an important book and important subject."-Bulletin of Hispanic Studies