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En tierras del Danubio: Una geografía sentimental
«La Europa sentimental, patria de la lentitud, es otro paraíso perdido. Era nuestro último lujo, nuestro último valor. Era vivir la vida. Sin embargo, se compran Bugattis para quemar las etapas de un destino que les parece absurdo. Nada podrá devolvernos el silencio y la lentitud de las cosas.»
Publicado por primera vez en 1932, este ensayo de geografía literaria está a medio camino entre un diario de viaje y un diario privado, entre la prosa y la poesía.
'En tierras del Danubio' es el relato de varias estancias durante las cuales De Rougemont descubre parte de la Europa central: Prusia Oriental y sus castillos, Viena, Hungría, el lago de Garda, Tubinga (donde visita la torre de Hölderlin) y Suabia, al suroeste de Stuttgart. Esta edición incluye también su estancia en Nueva York y la vuelta a Europa tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Son páginas de un lirismo admirable, y profusas en intuiciones brillantes que conforman un mapa de los afectos de la nueva Europa central.
Publicado por primera vez en 1932, este ensayo de geografía literaria está a medio camino entre un diario de viaje y un diario privado, entre la prosa y la poesía.
'En tierras del Danubio' es el relato de varias estancias durante las cuales De Rougemont descubre parte de la Europa central: Prusia Oriental y sus castillos, Viena, Hungría, el lago de Garda, Tubinga (donde visita la torre de Hölderlin) y Suabia, al suroeste de Stuttgart. Esta edición incluye también su estancia en Nueva York y la vuelta a Europa tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Son páginas de un lirismo admirable, y profusas en intuiciones brillantes que conforman un mapa de los afectos de la nueva Europa central.
176 pages, Paperback
Published January 22, 2025
About the author
Denis de Rougemont
52 books48 followersDenys Louis de Rougemont (September 8, 1906 – December 6, 1985), known as Denis de Rougemont (French: [dəni də ʁuʒmɔ̃]), was a Swiss writer and cultural theorist who wrote in French. One of the non-conformists of the 1930s, he addressed the perils of totalitarianism from a Christian point of view. After the Second World War, he promoted European federalism.
He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and in Vienna, and then moved to Paris in 1930. There he wrote for and edited various publications, associating with the personalist groupings and the non-conformists of the 1930s: with Emmanuel Mounier and Arnaud Dandieu, he founded the magazines Esprit and L'Ordre Nouveau, and he also founded a magazine on existential theology, Hic et Nunc.
In June 1940, fearing that defeatism and the pressure of Nazi propaganda (and armies) would lead the federal government to submit to the Germans and give up the traditional democratic values of Switzerland, he led with Zurich University Professor Theophil Spoerri a group of young people which created a civil society organisation called the Gotthard League in order to defend both Christian values and the independence of Switzerland. De Rougemont wrote the movement's manifesto and on 22 July an "Appeal to the Swiss People" which was widely published in the Swiss press to rally support for the movement.
Later in 1940, after having authored a sharp column in a Swiss newspaper which infuriated the German government, he was sent to the United States and administered French broadcasting for the Voice of America. He likewise taught at the École Libre des Hautes Études in New York before returning to Europe in 1946.
He founded in Geneva the "Centre Européen de la Culture" in 1950 and in 1963 the "Institut Universitaire d'Etudes Européennes" (IUEE, "Graduate Institute of European Studies", attached to the University of Geneva). He was president of the Paris-based Congrès pour la Liberté de la Culture. Probably his most influential work is Love in the Western World (1939, 1956, 1972; English translations 1940, 1956, 1982).
The 1989–1990 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and in Vienna, and then moved to Paris in 1930. There he wrote for and edited various publications, associating with the personalist groupings and the non-conformists of the 1930s: with Emmanuel Mounier and Arnaud Dandieu, he founded the magazines Esprit and L'Ordre Nouveau, and he also founded a magazine on existential theology, Hic et Nunc.
In June 1940, fearing that defeatism and the pressure of Nazi propaganda (and armies) would lead the federal government to submit to the Germans and give up the traditional democratic values of Switzerland, he led with Zurich University Professor Theophil Spoerri a group of young people which created a civil society organisation called the Gotthard League in order to defend both Christian values and the independence of Switzerland. De Rougemont wrote the movement's manifesto and on 22 July an "Appeal to the Swiss People" which was widely published in the Swiss press to rally support for the movement.
Later in 1940, after having authored a sharp column in a Swiss newspaper which infuriated the German government, he was sent to the United States and administered French broadcasting for the Voice of America. He likewise taught at the École Libre des Hautes Études in New York before returning to Europe in 1946.
He founded in Geneva the "Centre Européen de la Culture" in 1950 and in 1963 the "Institut Universitaire d'Etudes Européennes" (IUEE, "Graduate Institute of European Studies", attached to the University of Geneva). He was president of the Paris-based Congrès pour la Liberté de la Culture. Probably his most influential work is Love in the Western World (1939, 1956, 1972; English translations 1940, 1956, 1982).
The 1989–1990 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
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September 25, 2026
A veces cuesta un poco avanzar en textos que ya tienen unos años y cuya morosidad en descripciones puede resultarnos algo difícil o simplemente innecesaria. Sin embargo, es recomendable acudir de vez en cuando a escritos que exigen un poquito más de atención y un poquito menos de prisa. Si hay que leer dos veces una frase, se lee dos veces. Porque al final, se disfruta, se reflexiona y merece la pena. Me ha gustado, aunque hay algo en este conjunto de artículos que produce escalofríos: leer la visión de Europa de alguien que se espanta del ascenso del fascismo hace 100 años resulta tan actual que asusta. ¿Seremos capaces de volver a producir tanto horror?
February 1, 2026
Una cursilada insufrible.
August 18, 2026
Un gran pensador suizo que llena el texto de referencias y reflexiones a veces complejas lejos de lo que es un libro de viajes.
De actualidad? Sin duda y una joyita
De actualidad? Sin duda y una joyita
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