El hombre fenicio

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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En Chile, los cambios profundos que se han producido desde finales del siglo XX, junto con la elección de Ricardo Lagos en 2000, se insertan en un amplio marco de cambios artísticos, políticos, sociales y económicos mayores en el continente iberoamericano. Esta evolución actual incita a los diversos autores del presente volumen, coordinado por Laetitia Boussard y Benoît Santini, a proponer una reflexión global sobre el contexto chileno, entendiéndolo en un sentido múltiple y considerándose obviamente el contexto histórico, pero también los contextos sociales, así como artísticos ...

Guerra Fría 2.0 presenta las complejas y peligrosas tensiones en el mundo actual, especialmente entre grandes potencias, y entre países emergentes, en el contexto de una crisis climática global, amenazas a la democracia, y profunda desigualdad. Partiendo de la guerra de Ucrania, la pugna de Estados Unidos con China, la competencia sobre chips esenciales para la tecnología avanzada, o el papel de India y Turquía para modificar el balance de poder en el sistema internacional, el libro establece las diferencias con la Guerra Fría anterior, describe continuidades e identifica tendencias....