Pro-Independence Movements in the Basque Country and Catalunya (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781949805543)

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Pro-Independence Movements in the Basque Country and Catalunya

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Pro-Independence Movements in the Basque Country and Catalunya

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Format: Paperback
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Catalunya and the Basque Country are European stateless nations like many others that are seeking independence and want to create their own republics because "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another . . ." they have the right to pursue freedom. As in 1776 in America, there are many politicians in Europe today that hold that these truths are self-evident. This book gives response to one of the first questions that arise when approaching the debate on the independence of these stateless nations given that the Basque Country and Catalunya are wealthy and prosperous lands, plentiful, and with living standards above the European's average: If people live well, why do they seek independence? The many origins, causes, and complex essence of the pro-independence movements are rooted in a distant history. The quest for independence of these stateless nations are not brief but ancient chapters in the course of human history. It is not a mere question of interests, but a matter of individual and collective identity.

Author: Xabier Irujo
ISBN-10: 1949805549
ISBN-13: 9781949805543
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2022
Pages: 281
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d
By Xabier Irujo
By Xabier Irujo
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Dr. Irujo is a professor at the Center for Basque Studies at the
University of Nevada, Reno. He has held distinguished visiting and research
appointments, including the Manuel Irujo Chair at the University of Liverpool,
the William Douglass Visiting Lectureship at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, and the Eloise Garmendia Chair at Boise State University. He holds
three master's degrees in linguistics, history, and philosophy, as well as two
PhDs in history and philosophy. Dr. Irujo has served as chair or committee
member on forty doctoral dissertations. He has lectured widely across Europe
and the Americas and published extensively on Basque history, politics, and
genocide studies, with a focus on physical and cultural extermination. He has
authored more than fifteen monographs, including The Mechanics of Death
(2025), Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie (2018), and Charlemagne's Defeat
in the Pyrenees (2021).

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