Otredad, orientalismo e identidad

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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...

La primera guerra mundial, la guerra civil rusa, la invasión japonesa en Manchuria, la guerra civil española y la segunda guerra mundial configuraron un sangriento período histórico de treinta años que destruyó el mundo tal y como lo conocíamos hasta entonces. En 1918, una vez concluyó la Gran Guerra, las naciones vencedoras reunidas en Versalles impusieron a Berlín severísimas compensaciones económicas que indignaron a los alemanes y sembraron las semillas de un nuevo conflicto mundial que estallaría veinte años más tarde. El auge del fascismo y del nazismo como respuesta a la...

En una amplia Introducción el profesor Gutiérrez Escudero expone con detalle la curiosa amalgama de mitos, fantasías y realidades que durante siglos condicionaron las creencias de la humanidad, hasta el momento en el que un enigmático personaje, Cristóbal Colón, se propone la realización de una travesía fundamental: la navegación a Oriente por Poniente. Una selección de textos que narran los preparativos, las angustias de viaje y visicitudes del Descubrimiento cierra este libro, completando así el primer ciclo de una más larga historia.