Esclavos por la patria

Somos lo que hablamos. Las palabras son esenciales en nuestra vida. A lo largo de ella las aprendemos, las practicamos, las transmitimos y las reciclamos, pero en todo ese proceso ¿las cuidamos o las maltratamos? Y, en la actualidad, ¿se está produciendo una progresiva degradación de la lengua que la está haciendo polvo? O, por el contrario, gracias a la irrupción de las nuevas tecnologías y de las redes sociales, ¿se ha democratizado definitivamente la palabra, siendo más que nunca patrimonio de todos? Desde su posición privilegiada, como responsable de la Unidad de Vigilancia del...

Este libro nos invita a un viaje en que la Ilíada y la Odisea nos servirán de guía para recorrer el mundo de Homero «desde Troya primero a través de la costa turca del Egeo y luego por las riberas del Mediterráneo, siguiendo las huellas de Odiseo cuando va a combatir en la Guerra de Troya y luego, tras pasar numerosas peripecias, de regreso a su patria con su familia en Ítaca». John Freely, que ha vivido muchos años en Grecia y en Turquía, y que tiene un buen conocimiento de los hallazgos recientes de la arqueología, no pretende ofrecernos un relato de viajes por los escenarios...

New contacts between Spain and Jewish communities, especially Sephardic, were established during the Moroccan campaign (1859-60) and through diplomatic activity in the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the time of the pogroms (1881-82), starting a public debate on the possibility of a return of the Jews to Spain. The Sagasta government and the liberals wanted to capitalize on the Jewish issue in order to forge an image of openness and Europeanism, and to attract Jewish capital. The conservative opposition, while recognizing the Jewish contribution to Spanish culture and condemning antisemitism,...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...