Radicales libres / Free Radicals
Non-fiction , 2011
Galaxia Gutenberg
Pages: 432
Taking the major events of history as a guiding thread for reflection, Ridao asserts the radicalism and freedom of thought by drawing from the most varied stimuli: from travels and conversations with writers and intellectuals to great artistic and literary works, including details as fine as a Romanesque capital, the frame of a Pissarro painting, the ruins of a church, or a collage from Berlin's underground culture.
The unique composition of this essay invites a swift journey through geography and across diverse realms of creation, thought, religion, science, history, and politics. This alert, all-encompassing gaze gradually reveals a fresh viewpoint and a different perspective on known facts, as well as on ideas and judgments that once seemed immutable.
The result is a book decisively in favor of the radicalism and freedom of thought and creation essential to our time—an era that tolerates neither doubt nor paralysis, and in which lucidity and courage are more necessary than ever.