The present volume analyzes the political project manifested in the narrative poem by Melville ?Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land?. Published in 1876, this work is centered on the necessities, the possibilities and the difficulties of intersubjectivity as a means to transcend the obstacles posed by individualism and traditional communities.  Aquest volum analitza el projecte polític del poema narratiu de Melville ?Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land?. Publicada el 1876,  l?obra es centra en la necessitat, les possibilitats i les dificultats de la intersubjectivitat per a la superació de les barreres de l'individualisme i de comunitats tradicionals.