La derrota de lo épico

Much has been written about the European influence on America, though very little has been written about the reverse. Colombian educator and diplomat Germán Arciniegas worked his entire life to disclose the contributions of the New World to the Western culture: the progress of science, philosophy, and the modern word, among others. Every event and anecdote presented in this book links America to Europe, defending the notion that America completed cultural life on earth. Mucho se ha escrito sobre la influencia de Europa en América. poco, en cambio, se ha dicho en sentido contrario. en esta...

Sobre pocos de los temas relacionados con la historia de la Guerra Civil española de 1936-1939 se habrá escrito más que sobre el papel que desempeñó en ella el Partido Comunista. Sus apologistas han celebrado su contribución a la resistencia republicana; sus críticos le suponen empeñado en establecer un régimen totalitario subordinado a los intereses soviéticos y le acusan de haber impedido que se desarrollase una revolución social que hubiera podido cambiar el rumbo de la guerra. Unos y otros, sin embargo, suelen limitarse a especulaciones con escaso fundamento documental, taradas ...

El autor centra su inter s en la relaci n entre la estructura de clase y el sistema pol tico, en particular las facciones, los partidos y los grupos corporativos e ideol gicos que se disputaban el poder y que formaron las alianzas m s complejas y desconcertantes en el M xico del siglo XIX.

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