Diarios de viaje por América

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The area of Amalthea, better known as Central College, was platted by Timothy Lee in 1816. Situated three miles southeast of Westerville, Central College was built along Big Walnut Creek. A college known as the Blendon Institute was formed in 1832. In 1842, the institute was given to the Presbyterian church to form the Central College of Ohio. However, due to financial struggles, the school--later known as Central College Academy--closed in 1894. The Ohio School for the Deaf Alumni Association purchased the defunct school property and created the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf; it was ...

La defensa del Santuario y Lugar Nuevo no fue exactamente un hecho destacado dentro del panorama general que representan, como una serie de marejadas, las ofensivas y defensivas de una guerra. Ni tenían aquellos puntos un carácter de objetivos significados, ni su existir o desaparición influyó en la marcha general de las operaciones, lo mismo de un bando que de otro (...) La significación de la defensa heroica y, si se quiere, inverosímil, de aquellos reductos es otra y, debe encajarse dentro de la línea que podaríamos llamar numantina. El sitio duró 228 días y en ellos, los...

En esta excelente muestra de su erudición, Edgar Morin ensaya una antropología de la barbarie que recorre toda la historia occidental. En este libro el autor hace referencia a los dos grandes totalitarismos que dominaron el siglo XX –el hitlerismo y el estalinismo-, pero también a los desastres de la era poscolonial, emergentes del imperialismo europeo. Dedica un espacio importante a los grupos y personas que se opusieron a las explosiones de barbarie –y que califica de “antídotos culturales”- y propone categorías filosóficas que ayudan a identificar la irrupción constante del...