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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

¿Realmente crees conocer la historia del tan cercano siglo XX? La historia del siglo XX contada a través de las ideas producidas en los márgenes de la ciencia, las artes y la cultura. Antes de 1900, la historia parecía seguir una línea clara, con innovaciones como la máquina de vapor, la agricultura o la electricidad. El siglo XX, por el contrario, dio lugar al entrelazamiento cuántico, al cubismo, a la relatividad, a la psicodelia, al posmodernismo, a la teoría del caos y a la batalla del Somme. Con el fin de comenzar a darle sentido a esta endiablada maraña de ideas extrañas,...

Más allá de los habituales tópicos sobre Esparta —el sacrificio de Leónidas y sus hombres en las Termópilas, el asumido ascetismo de la ciudad o el rigor de su sistema educativo—, el modelo de Atenas es el que generalmente se ha instalado en el imaginario popular como arquetipo de ciudad griega. Sin embargo, Esparta constituye un modelo alternativo fascinante. Si bien la ciudad del Peloponeso debe considerarse ante todo una ciudad griega de griegos en Grecia, su organización y sus prioridades son verdaderamente genuinas. Su victoria sobre la ciudad de Atenea en la guerra del...