El Hombre Gris (L'homme Gris)

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Este libro examina un conjunto de casos de suicidio y de intento de suicidio ocurridos en el Nuevo Reino de Granada durante el siglo XVIII y parte del XIX, para comprender, a partir de su estudio, no solo la percepción, las reacciones, las explicaciones, los castigos de los que la muerte voluntaria era objeto, sino también para develar las dinámicas sociales, los contextos religiosos, jurídicos y morales donde se inscribía el acto de autodestrucción en esa época y lugar. El análisis de este repertorio de casos individuales ayuda a entender las actitudes colectivas frente al fenómeno. ...

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This...

Examines the inner operations of the administration of George W. Bush through the experiences and assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill.