La memoria, la historia, el olvido

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"¿Ganaríamos los mexicanos, si la razón o el capricho nos condujese a un rápido desafrancesamiento?", fue la pregunta que en 1867, al triunfo de los juaristas, formuló Ignacio Ramírez a los intelectuales que desataron un revuelo antigalo. El Nigromante probó entonces la existencia de numerosas influencias galas -conservadoras, monárquicas, liberales, republicanas- en la historia y la cultura mexicanas. Y reveló así el arraigo de diversas sensibilidades afrancesadas. Unidos en un proyecto colectivo, investigadores de varias instituciones del país exploramos ese hallazgo. En cinco...

LaRosa y Mejía han hecho algo muy útil: ofrecerle al interesado un estudio completo, actualizado, bien investigado y de lectura fluida sobre Colombia, un país que, a pesar de su tamaño, su riqueza y su importancia geopolítica, sigue siendo uno de los países menos conocidos y peor comprendidos de América Latina. Aunque ambos autores son historiadores profesionales, su libro no es un trabajo académico tradicional. Es abiertamente “presentista”, como a veces dicen los historiadores con cierto desdén. Sus diez capítulos apuntan menos a diseccionar los misterios del pasado, el...

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