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Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village
Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village deals with a Taráscan Indian village in southwestern Mexico which, between 1920 and 1926, played a precedent-setting role in agrarian reform. As he describes forty years in the history of this small pueblo, Paul Friedrich raises general questions about local politics and agrarian reform that are basic to our understanding of radical change in peasant societies around the world. Of particular interest is his detailed study of the colorful, violent, and psychologically complex leader, Primo Tapia, whose biography bears on the theoretical issues of the "political middleman" and the relation between individual motivation and socioeconomic change. Friedrich's evidence includes massive interviewing, personal letters, observations as an anthropological participant (e.g., in fiesta ritual), analysis of the politics and other village culture during 1955-56, comparison with other Taráscan villages, historical and prehistoric background materials, and research in legal and government agrarian archives.
Rondas en Sais. Ensayos sobre matemáticas y cultura contemporánea
Rondas en Sais. Ensayos sobre matemáticas y cultura contemporánea introduce algunos desarrollos profundos en matemáticas modernas (1830-1950: Galois, Riemann, Peirce, Florenski) y contemporáneas (1950-hoy: Grothendieck, Connes, Lawvere, Shelah, Zilber), para luego reflexionar sobre las transformaciones que esos avances han producido y pueden llegar a producir en el ámbito general de la cultura, aquí explorada a través de diversas vertientes (filosofía, literatura, cine, arte). En homenaje a Los discípulos de Sais de Novalis, y continuando con la simbiosis de filosofía natural y especulativa presente en su clarividente Borrador general, Rondas en Sais reúne ensayos expresamente pre...
Manila, 1645
Manila, 1645 reconstructs what the city of Manila was like before the earthquakes of the mid-seventeenth century. The book demonstrates the importance of addressing the history of Southeast Asia as a multi-layered framework, rather than a series of entangled histories. In doing so, Manila is contextualized not merely as a Spanish settlement connected to New Spain via America, but instead within Southeast Asia, situated between the Chinese and the Sulú Seas, and located in the centre of commercial routes used by Armenian, Dutch, and Portuguese traders. This historical and geographical context is crucial to understanding later cultural dialogues. Urban planning, housing and architecture, and social networks in the city are also examined. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in early modern history, global history and architectural history.
Hyperborder
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Netflix’s series adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude premieres December 11, 2024! One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth—these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.
La vida como centro: arte y educación ambiental
Este libro va a contracorriente de los discursos catastrofistas con los que frecuentemente se asocia a la educación ambiental, pues apuesta por la renovación discursiva y el diálogo interdisciplinar para encarar el panorama devastador. Los autores de esta obra consideran que un acercamiento a la Naturaleza desde el arte permite una concientización social más profunda y perdurable al no estar restringido a procesos puramente racionales. El arte, con su capacidad fabuladora nutrida de realidad, ofrece un asidero vital para los procesos educativos, especialmente en tiempos de crisis. Además posee, como afirma Alberto Ruy Sánchez, una calidad de afirmación esencial y una fuerza inédita para la sensibilización ante las amenazas ambientales. Los autores, más inquietos por ver el alba que por el asomo del crepúsculo, asumen que el mundo, a pesar de todo, sigue exudando sonidos y colores que nos iluminan la memoria y nos permiten ilusionarnos con mejores presagios.
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