Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto

El ensayo que se traduce en este volumen, La etica de la autenticidad, segun el titulo de la edicion norteamericana, o El malestar de la modernidad, segun reza la primera version canadiense, es el ultimo libro publicado por el filosofo canadiense, es el ultimo libro publicado por el filosofo canadiense Charles Taylor 1931. y puede ser presentado como una culminacion de su obra mas extensa, Sources of the Self. The Making of Modern Identity. El trabajo de Taylor, profesor de filosofia en la Universidad de McGill, es exponente de una perspectiva hermeneutica que se encamina a la critica social...

La historiadora colombiana a Soledad Acosta de Samper escribió para la posteridad una extraordinaria síntesis biográfica del general Antonio Nariño precursor y prócer de la independencia de la Nueva Granada. Hemos considerado reproducirla 108 años despúes de su primera edición, debido a la precisión histórica de los datos y la semblanza ecuánime que reflejó en su obra la autora, para destacar la vida y las extraordinarias ejecutorias del inolvidable prócer. Proveniente de una familia acaudalada y con amplia visión geopolítica, Antonio Nariño demostró desde muy joven una...

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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...