En guerra con el pasado

La sociedad decadente revela lo que sucede cuando una sociedad rica y poderosa detiene su avance, y cómo la combinación de riqueza y dominio tecnológico con el estancamiento económico, la parálisis política, el agotamiento cultural y el declive demográfico crean una especie de "decadencia sostenible". Muchos de los descontentos actuales, así como el devenir absurdo y errático que caracteriza a la realidad —desde los transbordadores espaciales en tierra hasta los villanos de Silicon Valley, desde el cine y la televisión de insulso reciclaje hasta el escapismo mediante el consumo de ...

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Les transformacions més significatives en el panorama de l'erudicció històrica durant les últimes quatre dècades es recullen de manera brillant en aquest volum. En part una història personal i en part una anàlisi perspicaç de les tendències metodològiques, historiogràfiques i teòriques clau des del final de la dècada de 1960, sempre reflexives i provocadores, el llibre ens mostra per què li importa a l’autor la història i per què hauria d'importar-li al lector. Les reflexions de Geoff Eley sobre el panorama canviant de la història acadèmica en els últims quaranta anys...

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