![]() ![]() Those of the empire are arrogant, criminal, of an inferior race, without any merit… ![]() Or now French and German powers against the Americans. English, French, Dutch and Germans against the Spanish empire. The ancient Greeks used them against the Romans. They are prejudices of disqualification of the opponent. As emotional self-manipulation to hate and despise the opponent, to motivate against the empire. They are generated as part of a basic defensive strategy: learning to hate and despise you’re competitor. It describes how among the countries and powerful people who live in the vicinity of an empire, without becoming part of it, a collection of anti-empire prejudices always appears. The first book is entitled Imperiofobia y leyenda negra (Emperiophobia and Black Legend, could be the translarion). and a variety of prejudices of division and confrontation among citizens taking advantage of different themes. ![]() defeatist prejudices inside the country,.Anti-Americanism in competing countries,.A book describing a third type of aggressive emotional prejudices that are also often deployed for political interest and that are undoubtedly present in Spanish history.Īnd, I guess, they are also perfectly applicable to USA current situation: A saga that I imagine is missing a third. The Spanish writer María Elvira Roca Barea has published two magnificent history books about the prejudices displayed in Spain since its imperial period by its political adversaries. ![]()
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