Colonias para después de un imperio

Novedosa reconstrucción histórica de los once reyes de Tenochtitlan y, especialmente de los dos Moctezumas y de sus madres y esposas. A partir de la ruina anterior del reino tolteca y del viaje de Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl a Chichén-Itzá, la destacada antropóloga estadunidense desarrolla la tesis de la conciencia cíclica de los aztecas como teoría que explicaba sus grandes cataclismos y el presagio de nuevas eras.

Escombros, ceniza y huesos, esto son los restos que a menudo nos encontramos al explorar un antiguo campo de batalla o las ruinas de una aldea, tierra arrasada que esconde miles de historias, desde los últimos suspiros de un soldado caído a los gritos ahogados de una familia asolada por la guerra. A menudo el rápido suceso de acontecimientos que comprendemos como historia nos ha entumecido a estas realidades traumáticas, desvinculándonos de la violencia y sufrimiento que abarca y que raras veces nos conmociona. Solemos olvidar que detrás de la destrucción y la barbarie se encuentran...

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