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Roger Bartra Murià (born November 7, 1942, in
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) is a Mexican sociologist and anthropologist, son of the exiled
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writers Agustí Bartra and Anna Murià, who settled in Mexico after the defeat of the democratic forces in the Spanish Civil War. Roger Bartra is recognized as one of the most important contemporary social scientists in Latin America. Bartra is well known for his work on Mexican identity in ''The Cage of Melancholy. Identity and Metamorphosis in the Mexican Character'', his social theory on ''The Imaginary Networks of Political Power'' and, recently, for his anthropo-clinical theory of the “exocerebro” (exocerebrum), that argues that the brain is partly constructed by its “cultural prostheses”, external socio-cultural elements that complete it. Trained as an anthropologist in Mexico, Bartra earned his doctorate in sociology at
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and he is an Emeritus Researcher at Mexico´s National Autonomous University, where he has worked since 1971; in 1985 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.Guggenheim Fellowship Web Site
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Bibliography in English

* 2018. ''Angels in Mourning: Sublime Madness, Ennui and Melancholy in Modern Thought'', Reaktion Books, London. * 2014. ''Anthropology of the Brain. Consciousness, Culture and Free Will'',
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, United Kingdom. * 2013. ''The Mexican Transition. Politics, Culture, and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century'', Iberian and Latin American Studies series, University of Wales Press, Cardiff. * 2012. ''The Imaginary Networks of Political Power. A new revised and expanded edition'', La Jaula Abierta/Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico. * 2008. ''Melancholy and Culture: Diseases of the Soul in Golden Age Spain'', Iberian and Latin American Studies series,
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, Cardiff. * 2002. ''Blood, Ink, and Culture: Miseries and Splendors of the Post-Mexican Condition'',
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, Durham. * 1997. ''The Artificial Savage. Modern Myths of the Wild Man'',
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Press, Ann Arbor. * 1994. ''Wild Men in the Looking Glass. The Mythic Origins of European Otherness'',
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Press, Ann Arbor. * 1993. ''Agrarian Structure and Political Power in Mexico'', Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. * 1992b. ''The Cage of Melancholy. Identity and Metamorphosis in the Mexican Character'', Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick. * 1992a. ''The Imaginary Networks of Political Power'', Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick.


Bibliography in Spanish

* 2023. ''El mito del hombre lobo'', Anagrama, Barcelona. * 2022. ''Mutaciones. Autobiografía intelectual'', Debate, Penguin/Random House, México. * 2022. ''El mito del salvaje'' (nueva edición ampliada), Siglo XXI Editores en coedición con la UNAM y el INAH. * 2021. ''Regreso a la jaula. El fracaso de López Obrador'', Debate, Penguin/Random House, México. . * 2019. ''Chamanes y robots: Reflexiones sobre el efecto placebo y la conciencia artificial'', Anagrama, Barcelona. * 2018. ''Los salvajes en el cine. Notas sobre un mito en movimiento'', Fondo de Cultura Económica, México. * 2018. ''La democracia fragmentada'', Penguin/Random House, México. * 2017. ''La melancolía moderna'', Fondo de Cultura Económica, México. * 2017. ''Arqueología y sociedades antiguas'', Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. * 2017. ''Historias de salvajes'', Siglo XXI Editores, México. * 2016. ''De la revolución a la armonía. Diario de un viaje de estudios a China'', Cuadernos de la Coordinación de Humanidades, UNAM, México. * 2014. ''Antropología del cerebro. Conciencia, cultura y libre albedrío (Versión ampliada)'', Pre-Textos, Valencia y Fondo y Cultura Económica, México. * 2014. ''Digitalizados y apantallados'', libro electrónico, Debate, Penguin Random House, México. * 2013. ''Cerebro y libertad. Ensayo sobre el determinismo, la moral y el juego'', Fondo de Cultura Económica, México. * 2012. ''La sombra del futuro. Reflexiones sobre la transición mexicana'', Fondo de Cultura Económica, México. * 2011. ''El mito del salvaje'' .
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(reúne en un solo tomo los dos libros sobre salvajes, edición corregida), México. * 2011. ''Axolotiada. Vida y mito de un anfibio mexicano'' (en colaboración con Gerardo Villadelángel Viñas),
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/ Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. * 2010
Las redes imaginarias del poder político, nueva edición aumentada
Editorial Pre-Textos, Valencia. * 2009. ''La fractura mexicana: izquierda y derecha en la transición mexicana''. Random House Mondadori, México. * 2007
''Territorios del terror y la otredad''. Ensayos de cultura política
Editorial Pre-Textos, Valencia. * 2007. ''Fango sobre la democracia. Textos polémicos sobre la transición mexicana''. Temas de hoy, Editorial Planeta, México * 2006
''Antropología del cerebro. La conciencia y los sistemas simbólicos''
Pre-Textos, Valencia. (Edición latinoamericana del FCE, México, 2007). * 2006. ''Culturas líquidas en La tierra baldía/Liquid Cultures in
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'', Edición bilingüe, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. * 2004
''El duelo de los ángeles. Locura sublime, tedio y melancolía en el pensamiento moderno''
Editorial Pre-Textos, Valencia. (Edición latinoamericana del FCE, Bogotá). * 2001. ''Cultura y melancolía. Las enfermedades del alma en la España del Siglo de Oro'',
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, Barcelona. * 2000. ''Jaula de ensayos''. Selección de textos acompañados de un disco compacto. Voz Viva de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. * 2000. ''La democracia ausente'' (nueva edición corregida), Océano, México. * 1999. ''La sangre y la tinta. Ensayos sobre la condición postmexicana'', Océano, México. * 1998. ''El Siglo de Oro de la melancolía. Textos españoles y novohispanos sobre las enfermedades del alma'', Departamento de Historia,
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, México. * 1997. ''El salvaje artificial'', Era/UNAM, México (edición española en Ediciones Destino, Barcelona, 1997). * 1996. ''Las redes imaginarias del poder político, nueva edición corregida, revisada y aumentada'', Océano, México. * 1993. ''Oficio mexicano: miserias y esplendores de la cultura'', Grijalbo, México. * 1992. ''El salvaje en el espejo'', Era/UNAM, México dición española en Ediciones Destino, Barcelona, 1996 * 1987. ''La jaula de la melancolía'', Grijalbo, México. * 1986. ''La democracia ausente'', Grijalbo, México. * 1982. ''Campesinado y poder político en México'', Era, México. * 1982. ''El reto de la izquierda'', Grijalbo, México. * 1981. ''Las redes imaginarias del poder político'', Era, México. * 1977. ''El poder despótico burgués: Las raíces campesinas de las estructuras políticas de mediación'', Península, Barcelona. * 1975. ''Marxismo y sociedades antiguas'', Grijalbo, México. * 1974. ''Estructura agraria y clases sociales en México'', Era, México. * 1973. ''Breve diccionario de sociología marxista'', Grijalbo, México. * 1964. ''La tipología y la periodificación en el método arqueológico'', SAENAH, México.


Bibliography in Italian

* 2018. ''Il lutto degli angeli. Follia sublime, noia e malinconia nel pensiero moderno'', Editpress, Firenze. * 2015. ''I territori del terrore e della'alterità'', Mimesis, Milano. * 2014. ''Antropologia del cervello. La coscienza e i sistemi simbolici'', Editpress, Firenze. * 2012. ''Malinconia e cultura. Le malattie dell'anima nella Spagna del Secolo d'Oro'', CUEC Editrice, Cagliari. * 2010. ''La gabbia della malinconia. Identità e metamorfosi del messicano '', Edizioni Noubs, Chieti.


Notes


References

English:
Roger Bartra at CCCB

Interview at Barcelona Metropolis Magazine

Guadalajara International Book Fair Honors Roger Bartra


* Spanish:
Roger Bartra at
the site of the National Cultural Journalism Homage
Interview with Roger Bartra on melancholy and culture
Barcelona Metrópolis, 2011.
Biography at Fractal magazine

La jaula abierta.
Roger Bartra's blog at
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartra, Roger 1942 births Living people Mexican sociologists Mexican anthropologists Mexican male writers Writers from Mexico City Mexican people of Catalan descent National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni