Barroco y modernidad

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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”...

Hace 150 mil años un simio se puso de pie y abandonó África. Hoy se aventura en el interior del átomo y en los confines del universo. La humanidad camina lentamente, pero de pronto hay un salto sobre el abismo, una explosión transformadora y radical. Eso es revolución, y ha marcado todo lo que somos. La revolución es la esencia de la humanidad; es un antes y un después, un punto sin retorno; es un giro drástico, vertiginoso. Es un acontecimiento después del cual las cosas nunca vuelven a ser iguales. La revolución humana. Una historia de la civilización es un viaje a través de...

The area of Amalthea, better known as Central College, was platted by Timothy Lee in 1816. Situated three miles southeast of Westerville, Central College was built along Big Walnut Creek. A college known as the Blendon Institute was formed in 1832. In 1842, the institute was given to the Presbyterian church to form the Central College of Ohio. However, due to financial struggles, the school--later known as Central College Academy--closed in 1894. The Ohio School for the Deaf Alumni Association purchased the defunct school property and created the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf; it was ...