Relatos de vida, conceptos de nación

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Este libro reúne trabajos de un conjunto de actores principales (Ministros y Viceministros de Economía, de Finanzas o de Privatizaciones, Presidentes de Bancos Centrales y de grandes bancos públicos o privados, antes, durante o inmediatamente después, de las dos últimas crisis económicas de Argentina (1989 y 2001-2003) y de la crisis económica que conoció Rusia en 1998, así como las opiniones de unos pocos especialistas que han seguido de cerca estos acontecimientos o que han elaborado detenidos análisis de las mismas. Las semejanzas y diferencias de ambas crisis, ponen al...

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?...

En este libro se identifican ocho episodios de la historia colombiana que tuvieron lugar entre los primeros años de la Conquista y mediados del siglo XX. A la luz de cada uno de esos episodios se indaga por la posibilidad de destacar el contenido moral de las relaciones entre los protagonistas de la historia. La descripción de la historia colombiana hecha en términos morales busca fortalecer la posibilidad de atender al vínculo entre los hechos pasados y los hechos presentes. Querer saber lo que ocurrió durante más de cinco siglos en Colombia, desde este punto de vista, exige responder...