Cataluña, la ruta falsa

After decades of strength, Catalan society is deeply divided. The nationalists, carried away by essentialist and romantic views, insist on completing their project of rupture. Foreign investment in Catalonia moves to Madrid and the economy is limping. The prestige achieved thanks to a job well done and social cohesion fades. Impoverishment takes place across the board. The responsibility for having reached this situation is shared. Which does not mean that you have to sit back and lament. This book is precisely a call to action against this great split of affections, an invitation to build a new idea of ??Catalan and a new common Spanish project. The call for a Spain that fully incorporates the Catalan accent. Catalonia, the false route provides an entertaining and erudite review of the history of relations between Catalonia and Spain. It collects some of the most formed opinions on the matter, ranging from medieval chroniclers, the War of Succession, the creation of modern Catalanism at the end of the 19th century, the rise of Carlism, the Civil War, Francoism and the Transition to the conversion of Barça into a Catalan emblem and the role of Pujol in the creation of contemporary nationalism. The juxtaposition of quotes, voices, opinions and historical anecdotes, together with the sincere love for Catalonia and Spain that Josep Ramón Bosch shows, make up a map of affections and affinities that opens the door to a common project that overcomes the independence ruptures and banishes essentialisms .