Piedras, barricadas y cacerolas

Pierre Grimal pretende en este libro superar el vacío existente en torno a la interpretación del mito, aunque sin renunciar a ofrecer una exposición abreviada de la materia mítica griega. El texto se plantea el estudio de la mitología griega como problema hermenéutico, aportando sugerentes puntos de vista, pero salvando, por encima de toda reducción racionalista o positivista, el valor de los mitos para el despliegue de la conciencia humana. "Gracias al mito -afirma el autor-, lo sagrado ha dejado de ser terrible, toda una región del alma se ha abierto a la reflexión; gracias a él,...

Estrategia es un libro mítico, un clásico inencontrable en España, que inspiró a insignes militares y fue lectura de cabecera de Kennedy durante la crisis de los misiles de Cuba en 1962. Uno de los más importantes tratados militares de todos los tiempos, a la altura de El arte de la guerra de Sun-Tzu o De la guerra de Von Clausewitz. En esta obra Liddell Hart —bautizado por los militares israelíes como "el capitán que enseñó a generales"— expone sus ideas sobre la estrategia de la aproximación indirecta, cuya aplicación exitosa no solo demuestra con ejemplos de siglos de...

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