Libros de Ciencias Humanas, página 5012 de 19882

This volume contains the proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Meeting of the European Consortium for Church and State Research, held in Jurmala (Latvia) during the days 13-16 october 2016, about the topic Religious Assistance in Public Institutions

Es tracta d'una llarga entrevista que la sociòloga Maite Montagut ha fet a Salvador Giner, a través de la qual l'iniciador de la sociologia al nostre país explica la seva vida i la seva trajectòria universitaria i investigadora. Giner, un dels nostres grans assagistes, apareix com un mestre rigorós i molt generós amb els deixebles. Alhora, aquest llibre fa endinsar el lector en el debat intel·lectual del tardofranquisme i la transició. En paraules del prologuista, "la sociologia catalana no s'entén sense l'impuls i el mestratge de Giner".

Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of the entire region as well as interviews and documents, Khalidi paints a chilling scenario of our present situation and yet offers a tangible alternative that can help us find the path to peace rather than Empire.We all know that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, as Khalidi reveals with clarity and surety, America's leaders seem blindly committed to an ahistorical path of conflict, occupation, and colonial rule. Our current policies ignore rather than incorporate the lessons of experience. American troops in Iraq have seen first hand the consequences of U.S. led "democratization" in the region. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict seems intractable, and U.S. efforts in recent years have only inflamed the situation. The footprints America follows have led us into the same quagmire that swallowed our European forerunners. Peace and prosperity for the region are nowhere in sight.This cogent and highly accessible book provides the historical and cultural perspective so vital to understanding our present situation and to finding and pursuing a more effective and just foreign policy.

"Yo mismo soy el tema de mi libro", afirmó Montaigne al publicar sus Ensayos, avisando al lector de que se hallaba ante una obra dedicada "al uso de mis parientes y amigos para que, cuando me pierdan, puedan volver a hallar en él algunos rasgos de mi condición y humor". Pero esta divagación sobre su yo en toda su complejidad, mudable y polifacético, llevó a Montaigne a convertirse en el primer escritor contemporáneo, creador de una nueva forma de pensar y de un género literario a su medida, el ensayo.