La luna sobre el agua

Just as philosophy begins with doubt, life worthy of being called human begins with irony. This quote by Kierkegaard leads an essay that traces a journey through irony and its uses from Socrates to Foster Wallace, up to its use in our societies marked by "mass public conversation."

C sar Vallejo is one of the finest poets of Latin America, and his poetry has managed to maintain a broad readership base right up until the modern day. Since Vallejo's posthumous poems were first published in 1939 in an edition supervised by his widow, Georgette de Vallejo, there remain to this day a number of unanswered questions about them. In what order did Vallejo write the poems? Would he have published the poems as they are? This book, by a careful analysis of the evidence available, proposes a new chronology for the posthumous poems, suggesting that the Peruvian poet's work went...

Edited, translated, and introduced by Luis A. Ramos-Garcia Based on the princeps edition (1801) and preceded by a lengthy introductory study, this critical annonated edition documents key aspects of Spain's controversial Age of Reason, particularly the uncertain shifts in ideas, and the peculiarities of Montengon's idiosyncratic philosophical system.

Este conjunto de estudios replantea la construcción o invención de América en la fecha fundacional de 1492, que marca el inicio del desarrollo del capitalismo y la modernidad europeos. Los quince artículos aquí reunidos exploran las invenciones desde diversas perspectivas: análisis de los relatos maestros, aspectos de representación del Otro, la retórica de las ciudades americanas. La variedad de puntos de vista questiona la palabra invención, a la vez que desmonta las ficciones que surgieron a partir de aquella fecha. El conjunto plantea cuestionamientos plurales y...