Periodistas, guerra y terrorismo

En este libro se trata de analizar de manera comparada el regimen politico colombiano, como democracia sui generis, sirviendose de las categorias asociadas a los regimenes de excepcion; igualmente, se trata de avanzar en un analisis sobre la combinacion singular de fenomenos que tiene lugar en el territorio nacional y que se presentan como una irrupcion poliforme de violencia.

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

CONTENIDO : Conflictos armados, guerras civiles y política: relación entre el conflicto colombiano y otras guerras internas contemporáneas (Daniel Pécaut) -- Barbarie y crueldad o la profundización del dolor a través del cuerpo : códigos de un nuevo lenguaje de la violencia en Colombia (Elsa Blair Trujillo) -- Representaciones sociales sobre el coflicto armado en la prensa colombiana: el caso de los asesinatos de Urrao Antioquia (Milciades Vizcaíno Gutiérrez) -- El hombre nace bueno, relato de un actor de violencia (Alberto Valencia G.) -- Las lógicas de la guerra y la resistencia...