La historia como hazaña de la libertad

La decadencia cubana contiene los ensayos de Fernando Ortiz La crisis política cubana; sus causas y remedios y La decadencia cubana, escritos en 1919 y 1924. En ellos el autor reflexiona sobre el periodo de la historia cubana conocido como el de las "Vacas gordas", en que el aumento del comercio y la subida de los precios del azúcar auguraban una Cuba próspera y optimista. Ortiz es incisivo en extremo y meticuloso en el análisis y ordenación de estadísticas que demuestran la fragilidad de los cimientos de la prosperidad cubana, y la inevitable crisis de la década de los años veinte....

Un ensayo sobre la irresponsabilidad y la condición moral de la intelectualidad francesa. Tras la Liberación, los intelectuales franceses regresaron al frente de la Historia. Pero las ideas políticas y las pasiones de estos intelectuales acabaron resultando polémicas. En Pasado imperfecto, Judt analiza los conflictos más controvertidos de esta comunidad intelectual: cómo responder a la promesa y a la traición del comunismo, y cómo mantener un compromiso con esas ideas radicales frente a la hipocresía de la Unión Soviética de Stalin, de los nuevos estados comunistas de la Europa del ...

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