La Ciudad de los ángeles caídos

Ningún otro periodo de la historia colombiana del siglo XX muestra el volumen de realizaciones, en todos los campos correspondientes a la acción del Estado, como la llamada República Liberal (1930-1946): fueron suficientes dieciséis años para dejar una huella profunda en la vida política, social y cultural del país. Este libro se centra en dos campos en los que el liberalismo mostró la mayor creatividad, a saber: la cultura y los problemas sociales.

Hace más de cien años que la figura del gaucho –encarnada en Martín Fierro– es el emblema central de la argentinidad. Hay algo desconcertante en eso: ¿cómo puede ser que nuestro héroe nacional sea un resentido con problemas de bebida que asesina sin razón a un compatriota? ¿Asegura la identificación con el Estado un matrero que descree de las leyes? ¿Alienta el progreso un personaje que se refugia en las tolderías? ¿Invita a la unidad nacional un gaucho que habla pestes de los inmigrantes? Como símbolo nacional, el Martín Fierro hace ruido, funciona mal. Interrogando este...

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