Cultural books from Argentina
Recommended cultural books (2)
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If you are into cultural here are some cultural books from Argentina for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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El asedio a la modernidad : crítica del relativismo cultural by Juan José Sebreli ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
El asedio a la modernidad es una apasionante y apasionada revisión crítica de las ideas predominantes en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. A partir de hilos conductores hábilmente detectados por el autor, a través de marcas y huellas que señalan la semejanza o la diferencia, aparecen unidas corrientes de pensamiento tan distintas a primera vista como el existencialismo heideggeriano, Nietzsche, el estructuralismo, las filosofías cíclicas de la historia, la antropología culturalista, el funcionalismo, el psicoanálisis junguiano y lacan... continue
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Facundo : Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated today--questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.