Los Inicios de la Ciencia Occidental

Desde la Baja Edad Media hasta los inicios del siglo XIX, las clases privilegiadas -nobleza y clero- ejercieron un dominio absoluto sobre la vida española, estructurada, como en los demás países del occidente europeo, en un sistema de tipo estamental. Tomando como base el siglo XVII y apoyado sobre fuentes documentales en partes inéditas, el profesor Domínguez Ortiz analiza los rasgos peculiares de esas clases dominantes a través del estudio de su importancia numérica, sus formas de vida, sus estatutos jurídicos, su poder económico y, en definitiva, su función política. Además de...

«La autora no sólo nos adentra en la complejidad del manicomio y su contexto social, sino que consigue dotar de una identidad presente a esos seres que nunca pudieron tenerla en el pasado.» —Claudia Guillén La historia de este manicomio mexicano, fundado en 1910, se desarrolla entre diálogos obsesivos de internos, doctores, familiares y otros personajes alrededor del tema de la locura. En ellos se habla de fe, sexo, pobreza, pérdida, rencor, celos, amor y política. Los médicos traducían lo que escuchaban a los términos de la incipiente psiquiatría, mientras que los internos...

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