La Guerra de la Independencia, (1808-1814)

Esta obra descorre el velo de un vasto y relevante aspecto de la sociedad mexicana en gestación durante las últimas décadas de la colonia y los primeros lustros de México independiente. Se explican a través del púlpito los destellos otoñales del barroco, el tránsito al neoclásico, la euforia del guadalupanismo, la variedad de devociones y valores de aquella sociedad rezandera y pecadora; en fin, el drama desgarrador de la insurgencia. Y se pinta, por medio de la tribuna septembrina, facetas de la política y la cultura de la primera república federal.

PEDRO MENDOZA no intenta â??contar su vidaâ??, sino la evoluci?3n de su propia sociedad, a modo de icono simb?3lico. Muchos espa?±oles, y otros ciudadanos del mundo, tuvieron alguna vez vivencias parecidas. Por eso, con el pretexto de su vida, incide en temas nucleares: educaci?3n, pobreza, sexo, amor, justicia, compromiso pol?­tico, cr?­tica de la religi?3n, globalizaci?3n, tercer mundoâ?¦ C?3mo un espa?±olito de posguerras, con origen rural y pobre, pas?3 de la sumisi?3n al sentido cr?­tico. Paso a paso, d?­a a d?­a, â??yo soy yo y mi circunstanciaâ?? (Ortega y Gasset). Desde...

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