Desde la proximidad democrática

Este libro es una obra conmemorativa de una fecha histórica relacionada con el Bicentenario del proceso de Independencia de Colombia. Justamente posee problemáticas variadas, pero siempre con fenomenologías en torno a 1819, verbigracia, los antecedentes, las distintas miradas del problema histórico e historiográfico desde diversas ópticas de análisis (como en efecto las hay), sus repercusiones y, por supuesto, lo que representó a lo largo del tiempo para la construcción del Estado-Nación.

Los superricos han existido siempre y a todos nos fascinan. Monarcas que se divinizaron en vida como Akenatón y Luis XIV —que crearon sus propias ciudades-palacio para el culto a su personalidad— son antecesores de los jeques árabes que en la actualidad hacen surgir grandes urbes en medio del desierto. Hombres sin escrúpulos como el especulador Craso de la República romana o el conquistador del Perú Francisco Pizarro son los maestros de los nuevos multimillonarios rusos y chinos, de ambición ilimitada y pocas consideraciones. Príncipes banqueros del Renacimiento como Cosme de...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...