Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: Bartolomé de las Casas

  • Hurricane Katrina and the Hyperreality of the Image

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    Katrina y la hiperrealidad de la imagen (Spanish) Hurricane Katrina and the Hyperreality of the Image by Jorge Majfud Translated by Bruce Campbell September 2, 2005 In the 16th century, the Dominican brother Bartolomé de las Casas wrote an empassioned chronicle about the brutal conquest by the Spanish Empire of the new world. The denunciation…

  • The Fall of an Empire

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    Cómo se derrumba un imperio (Spanish) The Fall of an Empire Jorge Majfud The University of Georgia The same day that Christopher Columbus left the port of Palos, the third of August of 1492, was the deadline for the Jews of Spain to leave their country, Spain.  In the admiral’s mind there were at least…