El indigenismo

Jacques Soustelle considera necesario situar a los aztecas dentro de un marco geografico e historico para su comprension cabal. Hace una pormenorizada descripcion de la ciudad (calles, templos y monumentos), del individuo y de las instituciones (el soberano y su consejo, el matrimonio, el sacerdocio, la propiedad, los tribunales, los funcionarios, comerciantes, campesinos, etc), ademas de destacar datos precisos como para estimar el "costo de la vida" en Tenochtitlan.

La huella de Al-Ándalus es mucho más profunda y extensa de lo que pudiera parecer con un análisis superficial del tema. La huella más visible es la del patrimonio en forma de palacios, mezquitas convertidas en iglesias, alcazabas, torres, murallas, etc. Para la existencia de este tipo de huella no es necesario que haya habido una continuidad poblacional, como tampoco es necesaria esa pervivencia para otro de los legados, el científico, que como conocimiento pasa a formar parte del patrimonio de otras culturas. Pero hay otro tipo de huellas que han pervivido hasta ahora que sí que...

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