Gestión del riesgo moral: clave para la sostenibilidad

The poetic birth of Cuba, and of the character of its culture, might be found in a phrase placed in the mouth of an aborigine of the island and included in a book by the Cuban writers Cintio Vitier and Fina Garcia Marruz, who traced and assembled such outbursts of inadvertent poetry. As is well known, the Spaniards arrived in America by way of the Antilles, which have always formed a sort of aquatic frontier of the continent. In addition to a thirst for gold, the peculiar geography of the area awakened another obsession in Christopher Columbus and his followers that was to last for years: to...

With profound texts, through an agile presentation and complemented by more than four hundred full-color illustrations, Rosa Giorgi shows us paintings, frescoes, sculptures, engraved codices, and engravings populated by the most amazing heavenly and demonic figures, ranging from seraphs and cherubs, to the riders of the Apocalypse, demonic possessions and exorcisms, purgatory and paradise.

A thematic exploration of the work of the Colombian sculptor Luis Fernando Peláez, this book spans the artist’s career from his earliest graphic design and drawings to his unique installations and large-scale works for public areas. Full-color photographs illustrate the wide variety of languages and techniques employed by the sculptor and demonstrate the exceptional quality of his creations, which can be organized into groups joined together by the slightest thread of meaning but retain their individual significance and identity. This is an excellent introduction to a little-known but...

El libro de Débora Madrid explora, analiza, y cuestiona la extraña historia (reciente) de la ciencia ficción cinematográfica en España navegando con pulso firme en un mar agitado por esas dos perspectivas. Y allí hay que colocar el primero de sus aciertos: nos ayuda a comprender porqué es importante seguir estudiando los aconteceres del pasado, explorar nuevas fuentes, mirar con lupa casos concretos, y dar voz a pequeñas circunstancias. Es allí donde se encuentra la complejidad de la historia social de la cultura, son esos detalles los que desafían nuestros esquemas, y nos permiten...