El mundo clásico

El gran historiador del mundo clásico Robin Lane Fox recrea en este libro la historia de los griegos que en el siglo VIII a. de C. recorrían la cuenca mediterránea con sus míticas narraciones sobre héroes y dioses. Durante sus viajes y exploraciones, estos "héroes viajeros" entraron en contacto con las culturas del Próximo Oriente y modularon sus mitos creando una forma específica del pensar que se extendió desde Israel hasta Sicilia. Siguiendo la estela de los viajes y los mitos de estos antiguos griegos, y apoyándose en los descubrimientos arqueológicos más recientes, al autor...

The first comprehensive history of the Nazi concentration camps In a landmark work of history, Nikolaus Wachsmann offers an unprecedented, integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise, seventy years ago, in the spring of 1945. The Third Reich has been studied in more depth than virtually any other period in history, and yet until now there has been no history of the camp system that tells the full story of its broad development and the everyday experiences of its inhabitants, both perpetrators and victims, and all those living in what...

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¿Qué sucedería si advirtiésemos que la prensa no representa los intereses de la ciudadanía y que los medios de comunicación ponen en riesgo la democracia? ¿Y si nos diéramos cuenta de que la libertad de expresión no es lo mismo que la libertad de prensa? Si entendiéramos que la labor del periodista es la de ser crítico y desafiante del poder, cuando el poder ya no está en los gobiernos sino en los grandes empresarios que son empleadores de los periodistas, ¿podríamos seguir hablando sin más de "periodismo"? Con estas preguntas como punto de partida, Quinto poder, abocado a la...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...