Cataluña, España y la madre que las parió

Examining not only the influence exercised by the Colonial West on India, but also the influence of India on Western modern thought, this study aims to decolonize the Indian continent of the clichés and tales imposed on it by the West and by modernity. The result is a fascinating investigation that not only questions traditionally accepted prejudices about India itself, but also criticizes the traditional perspective dictated by the Western social sciences. Examinando no sólo la influencia del occidente colonial, si no también la influencia de la India en el pensamiento moderno occidental, ...

Historia del Tahuantinsuyu es, probablemente, el libro de historia más leído de los últimos tiempos en el Perú. En su lectura, la autora explica el surgimiento y el apogeo del Estado Inca, así como los principales aspectos organizativos que sirvieron de base para el ejercicio del poder y el funcionamiento de la producción económica. Con la rigurosidad que la caracteriza, la autora discute con la historia tradicional y propone una de las imágenes más sólidas sobre nuestro pasado andino.

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Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...