Memorias Y Lugares de Memoria de Europe

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El propósito principal del libro consiste en el diseño de un esquema de inteligibilidad del mundo contemporáneo, debido al convencimiento a que he llegado del escaso nivel de reflexión sobre la mundialidad en curso, en condiciones en que todo deja entrever que el siglo XXI se va a diferenciar del inmediatamente anterior por el hecho de que los fenómenos mundiales y/o globales se entrecruzarán de manera mucho más intensa, contradictoria y compleja con los locales y nacionales.

Paseando por los mercados repletos de mercancías de Atenas, el filósofo griego Sócrates, solía decir: "Hay que ver la cantidad de cosas... que no necesito." El emperador reía. Los cónsules que le acompañaban le preguntaron de qué. Calígula respondió: "Río... porque pienso que en este preciso instante puedo haceros degollar." Durante el sitio de la fortaleza otomana de Sivas, el conquistador Tamerlán prometió no derramar la sangre de sus defensores (eran 3.000, tal vez más), y cumplió su promesa... los enterró vivos. El poeta romántico alemán Heine, de origen judío,...

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...