Sergio C. Fanjul

The Marvel franchise is a goldmine of popular culture. The superhero triumphs on both the big and small screen, in video games and, of course, in comics. The latest installment in the saga is here

The author says that, in developed countries, there is widespread discontent with social media. He also warns that Big Tech companies shouldn’t have access to children

From a look at neo-Pentecostalism to alternative therapies, new books explore how rationalism appears to be giving way to faith

The author, who began his working life as an engineer in Mexican maquiladoras, has won a prestigious literary award with a fictionalized account of a historical event that intertwines fantasy and dark humor

Many of them seem trapped in an identity crisis. The dilemma is whether to embrace extreme positions or strive to maintain a centrist profile, like the Hungarian conservative Péter Magyar, who defeated Orbán with votes from the center and the moderate left

With Donald Trump at the helm, a diverse far-right movement made up of libertarians, paleoconservatives and neo-reactionaries seeks to change the world by reversing the values of the Enlightenment. Several recently published books have examined this phenomenon

In his book ‘The Theory of Everything Else,’ comedian and writer Dan Schreiber compiles the craziest (and, in some cases, the most dangerous) ideas that humanity has come up with

Part of the Ancien Régime’s fall from grace stemmed from the way Parisians communicated amongst themselves, according to historian Robert Darnton’s ‘The Revolutionary Temper’

The famous thinker spoke to EL PAÍS to clarify that he is not the ostentatious figure that he believes some articles have made him out to be

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winner visited a literary festival in Spain, after several years without publishing fiction. He will soon be handing in his new novel, which blends science fiction with poverty

The leading figure of queer theory, a globally influential voice in feminism and political thought, takes part in an EL PAÍS subscribers’ event

The sociological theories on cultural taste popularized by French thinker Pierre Bourdieu over 45 years ago have reached a wider audience thanks to a graphic novel by Tiphaine Rivière

We thought the world would always get better. That we would achieve greater levels of well-being and happiness, and that it was natural for children to be better off than their parents. But after decades of progress, we are facing times of great uncertainty: it is difficult to imagine a future in a context of wars, populism and natural disasters. What is progress today? Is it still possible?

The expert argues that more and more democratic systems are turning into autocracies, whereas in the second half of the 20th century, the reverse was happening

The novel ‘Neuromancer’ launched a dark and pessimistic genre that envisions a world dominated by powerful corporations, oppressive technology, and stark social inequality — an almost prophetic portrait of modern society

A new project led by writer Jorge Volpi brings together 20 authors under the age of 40 in the reinvention of a work that speaks of an inexistent civilization

An exhibition and several books explore the links between the mysterious deck of cards created in the Italian Renaissance with history, art and creativity

The two subcultures are suffering from a lack of generational change. A new exhibition recounts their history and idiosyncrasies from the “Battle of Brighton” in 1964, which was featured in the film ‘Quadrophenia,’ to the present day

Specializing in harm reduction, Fernando Caudevilla was involved in the closure of the so-called Amazon of drugs. His story is now being told in a new book

Her successful novel ‘Ru’ has been adapted into a film by Charles-Olivier Michaud; like much of her work, it deals with the aftermath of war and the vicissitudes of migration

This collection of texts, written by different authors at different times, comes in all different styles and formats: camouflage Bibles, Bibles for women, cartoon versions and biblical word search puzzles. The Republican candidate has entered the business

‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ is a narrative full of digressions that trace short memories about the attack that caused the writer to lose an eye

Criticism is emerging from unexpected quarters over the puritanical aspects of the current wave of political correctness that puts the focus on identity and difference

‘Solito: A Memoir’ by Javier Zamora is a bestseller about his dangerous odyssey from El Salvador to rejoin his parents in the US

A new novel by Mexican author Antonio Ortuño narrates with humor, mordacity and a touch of melancholy the reunion of a band of old metalheads who do not quite fit into today’s world