Contra la historia oficial

Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

El miedo ha sido siempre el mejor aliado del poder, el temor crea un ambiente que somete a las personas a la inmovilización y ansiedad, logrando que se identifiquen con falsas certidumbres impuestas a través de las grandes empresas de comunicación global. Esto es lo que acabamos de vivir en el contexto de la pandemia causada por la COVID 19. Pero el miedo en nuestras vidas no es reciente. Hemos vivido mucho tiempo atemorizados bajo un discurso que nos amenaza con el fracaso. Se trata del poder fáctico de la dictadura del mercado, que somete al pánico a quien intente rechazar su oferta de ...

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On April 24, 1965, a civil revolt broke out in the Dominican Republic, splitting the nation into two factions and causing heavy material losses and psychological wounds. A post-war literature emerged after American military intervention ended the fighting, ushering in the period of modern Dominican literature. This book studies three Dominican novels based on the April 1965 post-war period.