Los ecos de la Armada

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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 ...

"Sin la historia eclesiástica (ha dicho Hergenroether) no hay conocimiento completo de la ciencia cristiana, ni de la historia general, que tiene en el cristianismo su centro. Si el historiador debe ser teólogo, el teólogo debe ser también historiador para poder dar cuenta del pasado de su Iglesia a quien le interrogue sobre él o pretenda falsearlo. [...] Nada envejece tan pronto como un libro de historia. [...] El que sueñe con dar ilimitada permanencia a sus obras y guste de las noticias y juicios estereotipados para siempre, hará bien en dedicarse a cualquier otro género de...

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