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"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Like all of Steve Biko's writings, those words testify to the passion, courage and keen insight that made him one of the most powerful figures in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. They also reflect his conviction that black people in South Africa could not be liberated until they united to break their chains of servitude, a key tenet of the Black Consciousness movement that he helped found. This Spanish translation of the English-language book "I Write What I Like" contains a selection of Biko's...

Robin Lane Fox enseña historia antigua en Oxford y es, además, un gran narrador. De esta afortunada combinación ha surgido un libro de historia del mundo clásico distinto, que tiene el rigor del buen trabajo académico -y ha merecido por ello los elogios de un especialista como Peter Jones- y la amenidad de un relato del que los críticos han dicho que es “increíblemente entretenido” y “más épico que la mejor película de romanos”. Porque, si algo caracteriza este fascinante recorrido del mundo de la antigüedad clásica desde Homero a Adriano, es precisamente la presencia...

Serge Gruzinski nos ofrece un logrado trabajo de inmersión en algunas de las más relevantes expresiones del sincretismo cultural, con el propósito de trazar la naturaleza de este complejo imaginario vivo en la memoria cultural de nuestro pasado indígena.