Issue number 45 has arrived Minerva, an edition that brings together critical thinking, cultural analysis and contemporary creation to read the present from multiple angles.

This issue explores music as a political and existential experience, featuring interviews with Simon Reynolds and Hartmut Rosa, and reflections on heavy metal, listening, and imagined sound. It also delves into some of today's major debates, such as the impact of chatbots on our thinking, the architecture of power in the Trump era, and the role of first-person journalism.

The core of the issue is occupied by a large dossier dedicated to JG Ballard, which explores his work as a cartography of contemporary disaster, from writing, visual imagery and the politics of savage conservatism, with texts by Alberto Santamaría, Laura Fernández, Beatriz García Guirado, Jordi Costa or César Rendueles.

This edition is rounded out by reflections on museums, architecture, contemporary art and communal life, along with the Festival of Ideas, featuring conversations on feminism, democracy, global war and political culture, and a final essay dedicated to filmmaker Frans van de Staak.

Minerva 45 is an invitation to think about the present from the perspective of culture, criticism, and imagination.

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