Imperiofobia y leyenda negra : Roma, Rusia, Estados Unidos y el Imperio español

In this volume, Elvira Roca rigorously tackles the question of defining the concepts of empire, the Black Legend, and empirephobia. This allows us to understand what empires and the Black Legends inextricably linked to them have in common, how these legends arise, created by intellectuals connected to local powers, and how empires themselves adopt them. Pride, hubris, and envy are not foreign to the imperial dynamic. The author examines empirephobia in the cases of Rome, the United States, and Russia to analyze the Spanish Empire with greater depth and perspective. The reader will discover how the current narrative of Spanish and European history rests on ideas based more on sentiments born of propaganda than on actual facts. Roca Barea investigates the causes of the enduring nature of Hispanophobia, which, as its conscious and deliberate use in the debt crisis has demonstrated, continues to be profitable for more than one country. It is common knowledge that understanding history is the best way to comprehend the present and plan for the future.