Cazando hienas

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This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

Baschet tuvo la notable idea de "estudiar la Edad Media en tierras americanas". Su esfuerzo por ofrecer una historia de larga duraci n y mostrar c mo una de las fuentes de la historia de M xico es la historia medieval europea, dio como resultado una obra de gran originalidad y amplios alcances. el autor plantea preguntas fundamentales: c mo definir el feudalismo?, puede hablarse de feudalismo en Am rica Latina?, se trata de un feudalismo tard o y dependiente?, con cuyas respuestas renueva ambas historias, la americana y la europea, la primera a trav s del pasado y la segunda, del porvenir.

A fines del siglo XIX, el inglés Francis Galton acuñó el término eugenesia (del griego “buen nacer”) para designar el campo de conocimiento interesado en el estudio de las leyes de la herencia humana y de los métodos para mejorar la descendencia. Galton concibió la eugenesia como el camino para garantizar la selección artificial de rasgos psicofísicos deseables en los seres humanos con el fin de estimular la reproducción de personas sanas física y mentalmente, y limitar la de aquéllas consideradas de calidad “inferior”. Este libro analiza los fundamentos “científicos”...