Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: Middle Ages

  • 8 – Middle Ages in Europe

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    Este contenido es una guía simplificada que aborda características de la arquitectura románica y gótica, y aspectos de la urbanización medieval. Se plantean preguntas sobre la construcción de catedrales, sistemas de trabajo y se mencionan ejemplos específicos de iglesias, castillos y ciudades medievales en Europa, destacando su historia y estructuras.

  • «Narcissism and Political Sadomasochism»

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    On Desocialization Research indicates that children’s self-esteem has surged since 1980. In my 1998 book, Crítica de la pasión pura, I argued that parents were obsessively encouraging their children to believe they were as exceptional as Newton, Picasso, or Marilyn Monroe because they feared failure in a hyper-competitive society. The proliferation of self-help books served to…

  • Lecturas sobre el Imperio Español

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    El Imperio Español El siglo XV: nacimiento de una nación y de un espíritu En su historia sobre El imperio español , Richard Konetzke nos dice que “España y Portugal fundaron, por primera vez, organismos estatales de tipo planetario […] En los Estados del rey de España, del monarca más grande de la tierra, el…

  • 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…

  • Propaganda and the Myth of Reconquest

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    Propaganda and the Myth of Reconquest By Jorge Majfud A few days ago a well-known syndicated talk radio personality repeatedly asserted an opinion that is becoming common these days:  illegal immigrants should be denounced as dishonest and criminal, not only because they have entered the U.S. illegally but, mainly, because their objective is the Reconquest.…

  • Ten Lashes Against Humanism

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    Diez azotes contra el humanismo (Spanish) Ten Lashes Against Humanism   Jorge Majfud A minor tradition in conservative thought is the definition of the dialectical adversary as mentally deficient and lacking in morality. As this never constitutes an argument, the outburst is covered up with some fragmented and repetitious reasoning, proper to the postmodern thought…

  • The Rebellion of the Readers, Key to Our Century

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    La rebelión de los lectores (Spanish) The Rebellion of the Readers, Key to Our Century Jorge Majfud Among the most frequented sites for tourists in Europe are the Gothic cathedrals.  Gothic spaces, so different from the Romanesque of centuries before, tend to impress us through the subtlety of their aesthetic, something they share with the…