Joan Ramon Resina: 2 books

Book cover of Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity

Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity

Rise and Decline of an Urban Image

by Joan Ramon Resina
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2008

Since the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Barcelona has striven to sustain an image of modernity that distinguishes itself within Spain. Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity traces the development of that image through texts that foreground key social and historical issues. It begins with...
Book cover of Repetition, Recurrence, Returns

Repetition, Recurrence, Returns

How Cultural Renewal Works

by Vincent Barletta, Günter Blamberger, Christiane Brosius
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019

Repetition is constitutive of human life. Both the species and the individual develop through repetition. Unlike simple recall, repetition is permeated by the past and the present and is oriented toward the future. Repetition of central actions and events plays an important role in the lives of individuals...
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