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Siguiendo el hilo conductor del proceso de secularización, y desde una visión cristiana del hombre y de la historia, el autor expone las claves de la época moderna (siglos XVI-XVIII), para analizar a continuación las principales ideologías contemporáneas -liberalismo, nacionalismo, marxismo, cientificismo- y subrayar su papel de religiones sustitutivas. La tercera parte trata la crisis de la cultura de la Modernidad en el siglo XX, examinando con detalle el nihilismo, la sociedad permisiva y los movimientos culturales de mayor actualidad: feminismo, ecologismo, nuevos movimientos...

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

La guerra - El coste humano de la guerra - Destrucción en Kuwait e Iraq - Los efectos de la guerra en el medio ambiente natural - La guerra moderna - Las leyes del conflicto armado y la protección del medio ambiente - La conducta Iraquí y las leyes internacionales.