Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: History

  • The Colonization of Patriotisms

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    La colonización intra-nacional de los patriotismos (Spanish) The Intra-national Colonization of Patriotisms   Jorge Majfud   Once, in a high school class, we asked the teacher why she never talked about Juan Carlos Onetti.  The answer was blunt: that gentleman had received everything from Uruguay (education, fame) and “he had left” for Spain to speak…

  • An Imperial Democracy

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    Una democracia imperial (Spanish) An Imperial Democracy Jorge Majfud Translated by Bruce Campbell Judging by the documents that remain to us, Thucydides (460-396 B.C.) was the first philosopher in history to discover power as a human phenomenon and not as a virtue conferred by the heavens or demons. He was also aware of the principal…

  • One Bolivia, White and Wealthy

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    Una sola Bolivia, blanca y próspera (Spanish)   One Bolivia, White and Wealthy   The rapid Conquest of Amerindia would have been impossible without the Mesoamerican and Andean cosmology. Otherwise two mature empires, with millions of inhabitants and brave armies would never have succumbed to the madness of a handful of Spaniards. But it was…

  • The Fragments of the Latin American Union

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    Los fragmentos de la desunión latinoamericana (Spanish) The Past Hurts But Does Not Condemn The Fragments of the Latin American Union Jorge Majfud Lincoln University 1. In Latin America, in the absence of a social revolution at the moment of national independence there were plenty of rebellions and political revolts. Less frequently these were popular…

  • Men of the Cybernetic Caves

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    Hombres de las cavernas cibernéticas (Spanish) Men of the Cybernetic Caves Jorge Majfud Every time someone complains about ideas that fall outside an arbitrary and narrow circle called “common sense” (also known in English as “horse sense”), they do so by brandishing two classic arguments: 1) the philosophers live in another world, surrounded by books…

  • The Age of Barbaria

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    La Era de Barbaria (Spanish) The Humanist (USA) The Age of Barbaria Jorge Majfud In the year of Barbaria began the annual trips to the year 33.  That year was selected because, according to surveys, Christ’s crucifixion drew the attention of most Westerners, and this social sector was important for economic reasons, since trips to…

  • Lektionen der Geschichte

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    Die erste Todsünde Lektionen der Geschichte Jorge Majfud Lincoln University Übersetzt von  Isolda Bohler, überprüft von Fausto Giudice Am selben Tag, an dem Christoph Kolumbus aus dem Hafen von Palos losfuhr, am 3. August 1492, lief die Frist für die Juden in Spanien ab, ihr Land, Spanien, zu verlassen,. Im Kopf des Admirals waren zumindest zwei…

  • Fundaciones de la historia

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    Fundaciones de la historia   Oros y diamantes Mirando una carta de póker nos detiene la pregunta. ¿Por qué el rombo es el símbolo del diamante? ¿Por qué cortar una piedra tan valiosa en una figura que deja tantos desperdicios? Esa forma conoidal multiplicaba los brillos en la corona de la piedra pulida. Para el…

  • Conversations with History: Richard C. Lewontin

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  • ¿Para qué sirve la literatura?

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    La literatura, según Jorge Majfud, desafía la complacencia y la barbarie, sirviendo como un acto de resistencia contra la opresión y la ignorancia. Aunque a menudo se cuestiona su utilidad, su verdadero valor radica en expresar verdades incómodas y en mantener viva la inteligencia crítica en tiempos adversos.