Heridos de la guerra

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

De la democracia, sin duda, se puede decir cualquier cosa... La versión dominante en la actual condición de época (pos)moderna es efecto de su devenir histórico. Debilitarla, preservarla tal cual es o radicalizarla depende, sobre todo, de las luchas que estemos dispuestos (o no) a librar. Si esto es así, tenemos y tendremos la democracia que cada uno y entre todos queramos o cedamos...

Los Borbones españoles y sus ministros, a la hora de diseñar reformas para sus colonias americanas en el siglo XVIII, advirtieron la necesidad de aproximarse a los diarios de viaje de las más diversas procedencias y períodos. Éstos se convirtieron en una de las principales fuentes de información sobre esos espacios, pues mediante su lectura podían obtener datos sobre aquello que no se conocía empíricamente. Poner de relieve la influencia de los diarios en la conformación del pensamiento y en la acción política del reformismo ilustrado es el objeto principal de este libro.