Historia del Buen Retiro

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La Guerra de los Treinta Años desgarró el corazón de Europa entre 1618 y 1648: una cuarta parte de la población alemana murió entre violencias, hambrunas y pestes, regiones enteras de Europa central fueron devastadas en un incesante recorrer de ejércitos, y muchas tardaron décadas en recuperarse. Todas las grandes potencias europeas del momento estuvieron involucradas en un conflicto que desbordó las líneas marcadas por la fe, con l a pugna entre los Habsburgo y los Borbones dirimiendo el comienzo del ocaso de una gran potencia, la España imperial, contestada por la pujante Francia. ...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

La democratizaci n de los sistemas pol ticos latinoamericanos est condicionada por una realidad compleja enraizada en la historia y la gran heterogeneidad que caracteriza a sus sociedades. Este libro, producto de un seminario organizado por el Centro de Estudios Sociol gicos, trata de abrir horizontes que desde las ciencias sociales contribuyan a un debate que no puede ser sino colectivo.