The 20th century has been dominated by specialism in all its forms. It is something so well known that it has already become a cliché: we have become accustomed to blaming it for almost all ills, from the holocaust of the Second World War to recurrent environmental catastrophes. However, little has been done to correct it, so either we are hypocrites, or - what is more likely and reassuring - its eradication is beyond our power.El siglo XX ha estado dominado por el especialismo en todas sus formas. Es algo tan sabido que ya se ha convertido en t6pico: nos hemos acostumbrado a echarle las culpas de casi todos los males, desde el holocausto de Ia segunda guerra mundial hasta las recurrentes catastrofes medioambientales.No obstante, poco se ha hecho para corregirlo, de manera que somas unos hip6critas, o bien - lo que es mas probable y tranquilizador- su erradicación escapa a nuestras fuerzas.