La revolución deseada

Traces the history of the Jews in Spain until the expulsion in 1492 in regard to relations between the Crown, the Church, and the populace regarding the Jews and Conversos. Discusses, also, the fate of the Conversos during the 16th century. Focuses on Castile, with special attention to the city of Ávila. Asserts that anti-Jewish hostility in Spain, already from the time of the Visigoths, was not based on racism, but rather on negative religious stereotypes rooted in the minds of the populace and of the lower clergy, as well as on socioeconomic factors, such as the rise of Jews to dominant...

Vuelta de Obligado es historia y también es presente, en la medida en que constituye una metáfora a cañonazos de un conflicto que recorre toda la historia argentina: la alianza de los sectores del poder, de los sectores oligárquicos, con los intereses económicos, políticos y culturales de los poderosos de afuera.

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En nuestro tiempo, a la vez que se producen debates en torno a la muestra de restos humanos en museos, asistimos al éxito de público de exhibiciones de restos humanos en operaciones comerciales que se sitúan a medio camino entre la divulgación científica y el negocio del espectáculo. Las preguntas que suscita este doble episodio contemporáneo son muchas, las respuestas dependen, en mayor o menor medida, de argumentos en boca de un amplio elenco de expertos de diferente condición y procedencia (geográfica, cultural, social). Sin embargo, con frecuencia, la historicidad del fenómeno...