Esplendores y miserias de la evangelizacion de America

Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this...

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Esta es una historia interpretativa de la cultura y el pensamiento ruso modernos No tiene la ilusión –ni la pretensión– de ofrecer un inventario enciclopédico del patrimonio ruso o una clave sencilla para comprenderla Es, ante todo, un relato selectivo qu

La losa que sella el sepulcro de Francisco Franco en el Valle de los Caídos, sella también la memoria y el futuro de España. El final del franquismo trajo consigo una suerte de amnesia colectiva, un rechazo del pasado reciente y la necesidad desesperada de olvidar aquellas caducas ideologías y resistencias que habían protagonizado la oposición antifranquista. ¿Por qué la sociedad española, justo en el momento en que no había fuerza opresora, reprimió su pasado y sus ansias rupturistas? Lo queramos o no, el franquismo no era meramente un régimen dictatorial, sino que abastecía a...