New book edited by Andreas Hess on the Basque Moment

Associate Professor Andreas Hess (UCD Sociology) edited a new book together with Xabier Arregi Gordoa. The book is titled "The Basque Moment" and has contributions on "Egalitarianism and the Traditional Basque Society". The discussion of egalitarianism goes to the very heart of Basque identity. The purpose of this book is to explore the concept, and to investigate whether egalitarianism is only a myth or ideology or whether there is some real substance and practice to it. This book approaches the topic of Basque egalitarianism from a broad range of disciplines and sub-disciplines, including social and contemporary history, sociology, political science, social anthropology and political philosophy. It also brings together people of different political conviction, spanning the divides that often occur when Basque traditions and ideas are discussed.

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The Contributors

Jose Angel Achón, Xabier Arregi Gordoa, Joseba Azkarraga, Margaret Bullen, Francisco Garmendia, Jone Miren Hernández, Andreas Hess, Patxi Juaristi, Maite Lafourcade, Anne-Marie Lagarde, Oihane Oliveri, and Coro Rubio.