Roma/ Rome

Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

Muchos de los mitos griegos continúan vivos hoy. Este libro los explica. Recuerda también cómo imaginaban los griegos el origen del mundo y la aparición de los humanos, sin olvidar el papel esencial de los héroes entre los dioses y los hombres.

¿Recuerdan la crisis financiera de 1982, el apagón de 1992, la crisis económica mundial de 1999, o el fallido proceso de paz con el ELN de 2018? Todos estos fueron momentos claves en la historia reciente de Colombia y tuvieron como protagonista principal al autor de este libro, uno de los economistas más reputados del país. Cuatro grandes episodios, sorteados por Juan Camilo Restrepo desde las más altas dignidades del Estado. Un libro anecdótico-técnico que enseña cómo administrar crisis para minimizar los enormes daños que hubieran podido causar.

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