Paz, reconciliación y justicia transicional en Colombia y América Latina

En Los mercados de la Plaza Mayor en la Ciudad de México encontra-mos un ejercicio de microhistoria. La obra indaga la génesis de los merca-dos capitalinos modernos. El comercio tradicional novohispano que combina-ba los «cajones» de espanoles y los «puestos» de indfgenas y castas, se trasformô hasta consolidar, durante el siglo XVIII, très mercados especializa-dos: Alcaiceria, Baratillo y bastimentos. Nada mâs ajeno a los mercados virrei-nales que la libre competencia y la ley de la oferta y la demanda; en cambio, aparecen una serie de vînculos esta-mentales y relaciones informales ...

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La complejidad del mundo en que vivimos nos hace fabular para intentar comprender algo de nuestra existencia (ciudadanos normales, politicos, etc.). Como decia Ortega y Gasset: "Yo soy yo y mis circunstancias". Procuremos colocar el anzuelo aparente y será posible capturar un buen pez. Hemos procurado dar un repaso a nuestra historia, pues según una máxima: "Solo quien bien conoce la tradición está preparado para modelar el futuro", y recordemos otro dicho de Soren: "La vida solo puede ser comprendida mirando para atrás, pero solo puede ser vivida mirando hacia delante". Un tema que...