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La Ilustración, en el siglo XVIII, revaloriza la razón en todos los ámbitos del saber. Abundan los estudios históricos y de crítica filosófica y literaria, y se producen avances notables en economía, física, química, astronomía, arqueología, etc. Los estudiosos españoles contribuyen a estos avances sin perder su visión transcendente sobre el destino del hombre: su crítica irá dirigida precisamente a purificar la fe cristiana de elementos...
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Se empezó a hablar de la "tercera España" en los años treinta. A continuación, con la Guerra Civil y el franquismo casi se le perdió el rastro y hasta la memoria. El sintagma volvió a emerger tímidamente en el exilio republicano y, sorprendentemente, no durante la transición a la democracia, sino a partir de los años ochenta. Desde entonces, el concepto se discute de vez en cuando sin que se definan su consistencia y su perímetro. El abanico...
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Living in Fear is a reminder of the threat to democracy posed by the current rise in extreme right-wing politicians and political parties in the Western World.
July 22, 2022, the Spanish Parliament approved a new Historic Memory law that, among other measures, declared Franco's government illegal, nullified the rulings of the dictatorship's courts and made the government responsible for recovering the bodies of the hundreds of thousands of people...
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2024.
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xiv, 316 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24cm
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"Once it was one of the most famous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten. In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New England-the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre. This impregnable barricade-known to early Americans...
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In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. Taking us into the historians' workshop, he offers a firsthand look at how good history gets written. In staunch opposition to the wilder claims of postmodern historians, Evans thoroughly...
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L'essai sur la Barbe-Bleue dénonce l'une des histoires les plus noires de l'époque de Louis XIV. Actualisée, cette même histoire s'inscrit dans les romans policiers les plus énigmatiques que l'on puisse trouver en termes de conte. Ce conte, le plus intrigant de Charles Perrault, met en scène un magicien-sorcier à la barbe bleue. Dans l'une de ses fastueuses maisons, sa jeune épouse suivra les couloirs redoutables de la mort. Cet ouvrage intense...
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Immerse yourself in the 300,000-year journey of humanity.
There is a decent possibility that you are a human if you are reading this.
We are fairly unique as humans. The top of the food chain is where we are. Humans have been venturing into space for years. Also, we are the species that developed the wheel, agriculture, the internet, and, of course, frozen pizza.
We haven't even been around that long, and we already pretty much rule the earth.
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Before history became legend and legend became myth, the oral traditions of what is presently referred to as "Pre-History" were maintained for thousands of years, preserved and handed down throughout the generations since the dawn of the "Age of Man". Throughout the ages, through myth, allegory, parables, iconography and symbolism, the fragmented remains of ancient beliefs have preserved down to the present day; such are the tales in Mythos: The Prescient...
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To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past-to remain ignorant of the deeds and writing of previous generations-is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John Lukacs, one of today's most widely published historians, explains what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why it should be undertaken by today's students....
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Stefan Zweig nació el 28 de noviembre de 1881 en Viena y es uno de los autores más importantes de Europa en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Siendo judío, fue perseguido por el nazismo y forzado al exilio. Su última residencia fue en Brasil, donde tuvo un triste final. Zweig fue un escritor versátil que se dedicó a casi todas las actividades literarias y, además de sus novelas, se hizo famoso como historiador y biógrafo. Su biografía de María...
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El experimento político de la Guardia Colombiana comenzó con una guerra civil y se cerró con otra, y su parábola de 25 años entregó a los colombianos del siglo XX unas sólidas tradiciones liberales y republicanas que se mantienen hasta nuestros días. Experimento fallido, como lo fue la experiencia federal en muchos de sus aspectos, este legado político es uno de los activos que sirven de orientación política a las nuevas generaciones de...
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From Imperial Collapse to Weimar Republic: The German Revolution (1918-1919)" offers an in-depth exploration of the turbulent period that reshaped Germany's destiny. It delves into the backdrop of World War I, the abdication of Wilhelm II, and the emergence of the Weimar Republic. This comprehensive account examines the Treaty of Versailles, economic crises, political extremism, and cultural shifts while unveiling the key figures who influenced the...
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Responses to enslavement are automatically seen as struggles (heroic or otherwise), but in the case of the English Caribbean colonies, the claim was irately made by pro-planter factions, reacting to criticism, that the enslaved Africans were not struggling, they were happy and better off than the poor in England and the idea of hideous enslavement was a prejudiced distortion. Evidence presented was the universal singing, dancing and carousing of the...
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Writing Time shows how serial literature based in journals and anthologies shaped the awareness of time at a transformative moment in the European literary and political landscapes. Sean Franzel explores how German-speaking authors and editors "write time" both by writing about time and by mapping time itself through specific literary formats.
Through case studies of such writers as F. J. Bertuch, K. A. Böttinger, J. W. Goethe, Ludwig Börne, and...
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"An invaluable resource" for individuals and institutions documenting the experiences of Holocaust survivors-or other historical testimony-on video (Journal of Jewish Identities).
Institutions that have collected video testimonies from the few remaining Holocaust survivors are grappling with how to continue their mission to educate and commemorate. Noah Shenker calls attention to the ways that audiovisual testimonies of the Holocaust have been mediated...
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En tiempos del emperador Tiberio, un judío que predicaba la llegada del reino de Dios fue crucificado en Jerusalén por orden del prefecto romano Poncio Pilato. Este fue el inicio de un proceso que acabaría presentando a Jesús como un ser divino. Que esta glorificación prosiga hasta hoy exige del pensamiento crítico un exhaustivo ejercicio de examen y estudio. ¿Cabe distinguir la realidad del relato heredado? ¿Tienen algo en común el Cristo...
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Spanning decades and encompassing war, mass exodus, epic migrations and the search for individual and collective identity, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have lived it.
Ordinary Palestinians have rarely narrated their own history. In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed author Ramzy Baroud draws on dozens of interviews to produce vivid, intimate and beautifully written accounts of Palestinian...
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Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today. But the media soundbites we hear ignore the voices of the people who lived there - people who have travelled to Europe from conflict-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and Eritrea: people with astounding stories, who are looking for peace...
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*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*
Whatever happened to the student revolt? In 2010 young people across Britain took to the streets to defy a wave of government attacks on education, increasing tuition fees, and cuts to grants for college students. Months of occupations, kettling and outbreaks of violence ensued, but to what effect? Today, students face new attacks on higher education from the current Conservative...
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