Historia de Pastrana Y Sucinta Noticia de Los Pueblos

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Este ensayo constituye el intento de revalorizar un paradigma de interpretación de la cosmovisión religiosa egipcia antigua, el monismo y sus derivaciones, bosquejado en la década de los ochenta por egiptólogos nórdicos –Simposios de Upsala (1987) y Bergen (1988)– y que proyecta en el estudioso una percepción divergente de la experiencia egipcia de lo sagrado respecto de las interpretaciones actualmente vigentes. Para lograr este objetivo indaga en la naturaleza de la cosmoteología egipcia que subyace en el discurso teológico de los textos sacerdotales de todas sus épocas....

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Acercarse a esa "historia secreta" de Mexico que es su historia de la ciencia, tiene un doble significado ya que el rescate se emprende no solo porque las obras sean textos cientificos que por serlo yacen olvidados, sino tambien porque dichos textos son mexicanos y pocas veces han provocado los desvelos de los historiadores. Se trata entonces de un doble olvido que explica en parte la actitud de la historiografia mexicana tradicional respecto del desenvolvimiento cientifico de nuestro pais.