Pilot of Fortune

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In "Ill Fares The Land," Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment and offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far right and the debunked socialism of the past. To find a way forward, Judt argues that we must look to our not so distant past and to social democracy in action: to re-enshrining fairness over mere efficiency.

Un exquisto análisis de la imagen del poder en el México virreinal durante los tres siglos que duró el dominio español, con profusión de imágenes en color y ,especialmente, de las series de retratos ubicados en el Palacio de los Virreyes y en el Ayuntamiento de México, que configuran una verdadera dinastía virreinal.

La fascinante historia, alejada del parque infantil, de un artilugio empapado de magia, pasiones, leyendas, ritos, goce, erotismo, diversión o muerte. El columpio ha acompañado a los seres humanos desde la Grecia clásica o la China preimperial. Sus usos han labrado un terreno fecundo entre el arte y la vida, entre el ritual y el conocimiento, entre la cultura y el juego. Javier Moscoso, uno de los ensayistas españoles más originales y prestigiosos, indaga en el placer de la oscilación y en la universalidad de este instrumento, principalmente femenino, a través de sus usos, significados ...