La subalternidad, lo excepcional y la guerra en Colombia (2005-2010)

Los procesos de industrialización a comienzos del siglo XX en Colombia demandaban una nueva relación de las personas con el movimiento, la emergencia de unas subjetividades cinéticas capaces de hacer realidad el orden social imaginado pero no realizado por las élites liberales del siglo XIX. Para que Colombia pudiera ingresar con éxito a las nuevas dinámicas del capitalismo mundial, los cuerpos debían adquirir una nueva velocidad. Había que producir un nuevo tipo de sujeto desligado de su tradicional fijación a códigosy hábitos mentales preindustriales, y esto conllevaba la...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

Este libro muestra algunas cronicas de jovenes colombianos de 19 a 25 años de distintas condiciones sociales educativas y culturales que narran parte de sus vidas y posiciones frente a su ambiente social.

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...