Between the Right and the Left Political

Essays 1

von Hugo Noël Santander Ferreira

162 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Between the Right and the Left is a collection of essays that examines the ideological conflicts shaping the contemporary Western world. Written over more than a decade, these reflections anticipated many of the political and cultural debates that today dominate public life: freedom of speech, judicial power, immigration, historical memory, education, artificial intelligence, censorship, corruption, and the future of liberal democracy. Rather than defending a political faction, Hugo Noël Santander Ferreira approaches these controversies through history, philosophy, literature, and comparative politics. Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, Orwell, Hayek, and Cervantes become companions in an inquiry that moves beyond partisan slogans toward the enduring questions of civilization itself. The essays range from Colombia's institutional crises to the broader transformations affecting the United States and Europe, revealing striking parallels among societies often considered fundamentally different. Local events become windows through which to examine universal dilemmas concerning power, justice, freedom, and responsibility. Written with intellectual independence and literary clarity, Between the Right and the Left invites readers to question inherited assumptions rather than merely replace one orthodoxy with another. It argues that the greatest danger to democratic societies is not disagreement itself, but the abandonment of reasoned debate. At a time when political polarization increasingly rewards certainty over reflection, this volume offers something far less common: the freedom to think before choosing sides. Hugo Noël Santander Ferreira is a Franco-Colombian writer, educator, filmmaker, and essayist whose published work spans literature, philosophy, history, politics, and the performing arts. A professor in eight countries across five continents, he has devoted his career to exploring the relationship between ideas, culture, and civilization.

• ISBN: 9798189820564
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp