Mundos en guerra

Libertad de pensamiento y expresión, derechos humanos, fe en la razón y el progreso, el valor de la investigación científica... son sólo algunas de las ideas que se desarrollaron durante la Ilustración y que transformaron para siempre el panorama intelectual del mundo occidental. El presente libro cuenta la historia de cómo nació la moderna concepción occidental del mundo; cómo y por qué el ideal de una sociedad universal, global y cosmopolita se convirtió en una parte fundamental de la imaginación occidental. La "nueva ciencia" desarrollada por los eminentes pensadores de la...

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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...

Las elites han estado en el centro de muchos de los debates de las últimas décadas y a ellas se alude constantemente; sin embargo, la discusión ha estado tradicionalmente constreñida a interpretaciones categóricas que han tendido a criticar la traición de la burguesía a la revolución en pro de su aristocratización. En un momento fundamental de desmantelamiento del Antiguo Régimen y construcción del Estado-nación liberal, este grupo situado en la cúspide social vivió un profundo y radical cambio en su propia naturaleza. Para complejizar este proceso histórico apelando a una...

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...