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Amistad: Un Ensayo Compartido / Friendship: A Shared Essay - by  Mariano Sigman & Jacobo Bergareche (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Amistad: Un Ensayo Compartido / Friendship: A Shared Essay - by Mariano Sigman & Jacobo Bergareche (Paperback)

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  • Un fascinante ensayo sobre la amistad.
  • About the Author: Jacobo Bergarache (Londres, 1976) compagina su labor como escritor con su trabajo como productor audiovisual y guionista, además de colaborar en diversos medios.
  • 208 Pages
  • Social Science, Essays

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Un fascinante ensayo sobre la amistad.

«Sin amigos nadie querría vivir, aunque tuviera todos los otros bienes», escribió Aristóteles. Sin embargo, si bien la amistad es desde tiempos inmemoriales una de las aspiraciones fundamentales de la vida, no solemos reflexionar sobre su naturaleza. ¿Cómo se hace un amigo? ¿Por qué algunas personas nos caen bien al instante? ¿Puede la amistad sobrevivir en la distancia? ¿Se aprende? ¿Es cultural? ¿Ha de ser recíproca? ¿Puede darse entre padres e hijos? ¿Cuándo y por qué se acaba? ¿Qué pasa cuando se mezcla con el deseo?

Dos amigos, el neurocientífico Mariano Sigman y el escritor Jacobo Bergareche, acudieron a la ciencia y la filosofía para explorar esas preguntas. Pero pronto sintieron que esa literatura no reflejaba la amplia diversidad de miradas sobre este tipo de relaciones, y convocaron entonces a personas de todo tipo y condición con las que conversaron en intimidad. Así, por estas páginas desfilan el octogenario presidente de un banco, un joven emigrante salvadoreño sin papeles, la directora de una residencia de ancianos, una actriz, un viticultor, una escritora y un colectivo de grafiteros. Entre todos ellos componen un fresco inmenso de aquello que llamamos «amistad».

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A fascinating essay on friendship.

"No one would want to live friendless, even if they had all other goods," wrote Aristotle. However, while friendship has been a fundamental aspiration in life since the dawn of time, we don't usually reflect on its nature. How does one make a friend? Why is it that some people are instantly likeable? Can friendship survive long distance? Is it learned? Is it cultural? Should it be reciprocated? Is it plausible between parents and their children? When and why does it end? What happens when it gets mixed with desire?

Two friends, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman and writer Jacobo Bergareche, turned to science and philosophy to explore these very questions. But soon felt that such literature did not capture the ample diversity of these kinds of relationships, and so convened people of all sorts and conditions with whom they had intimate conversations. Thus, we see an octogenarian bank president, a young undocumented Salvadoran immigrant, the director of a nursing home, an actress, a winegrower, a writer, and a collective of taggers marching through these pages. Together they make up a grand fresco of what we call "friendship."



About the Author



Jacobo Bergarache (Londres, 1976) compagina su labor como escritor con su trabajo como productor audiovisual y guionista, además de colaborar en diversos medios. Es autor de Playas (2004, poesía), Coma (2015, teatro), Aventuras en Bodytown (2017, infantil), Estaciones de regreso (2019, ensayo autobiográfico), y las novelas Los días perfectos (2021, traducida a diez idiomas) y Las despedidas (2023).

Mariano Sigman obtuvo su doctorado en neurociencia en Nueva York y fue investigador en París antes de volver a Argentina. Es un referente en el mundo en la neurociencia de las decisiones, en neurociencia y educación, y en la neurociencia de la comunicación humana. Es uno de los directores del proyecto Human Brain Project, el esfuerzo más vasto del mundo para entender y emular el cerebro humano. Ha trabajado con magos, cocineros, ajedrecistas, músicos y artistas plásticos para reunir el conocimiento de la neurociencia a distintos aspectos de la cultura humana. Ha desarrollado además una extensa carrera de divulgación científica que incluye columnas en las principales radios de Argentina, programas de televisión y cientos de artículos publicados en distintos medios editoriales del mundo.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Debate
Format: Paperback
Author: Mariano Sigman & Jacobo Bergareche
Language: Spanish
Street Date: July 29, 2025
TCIN: 1001947382
UPC: 9788410433212
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-6724
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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