The edition of this book ,coordinated by Fernando Pernes, intends to make a radiography of contemporary Portuguese culture, focusing on some of the leading national experts in artistic, philosophical, scientific and political fields.

Organized into three volumes. Volume I - "The The Science and Social Issues"; Volume II - "Art (s) and Letters" Volume III - "Art (s) and writing II". This work seeks to fill a vacant space left in the systematization of Portuguese culture.

Are brought together texts Albino Aroso, Alexandre Melo, Ana Pennies, António-Pe-dro Vasconcelos, António Curvelo, António Manuel Spain, António Marques, António Pinto Ribeiro, Arnaldo Saraiva, Eduardo Lourenço, Fernanda Cancio, Fernando JB Martin, Fernando Rosas, Francisco Rui Cádima, Jaime Milheiro, John Caraça John Lisbon, João Paulo Cotrim, João Pina Cabral, Jorge Castro Ribeiro, José da Silva Lopes, Manuel Cintra Ferreira, Nuno Judice, Nuno Rodrigues Grande, Raquel Henriques Silva, Rui Afonso Santos, Rui grace Feijó, Rui Mário Gonçalves, Sérgio Mah, Teresa Pizarro Beleza, Vasco Graça Moura, Viriato Soromenho-Marques and Vitor Pavao dos Santos.