Occidente: Una nueva historia de una vieja idea / The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives (Spanish Edition)
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Product Details
Overview
La galardonada historiadora Naoíse Mac Sweeney dinamita los mitos establecidos sobre los orígenes y el desarrollo de Occidente a través de catorce personajes históricos que nos ofrecen una visión nueva y transversal de la historia que creíamos conocer.
Tendemos a pensar en la civilización occidental como un recorrido dorado a través de los siglos, desde la Antigüedad clásica hasta los países del Occidente moderno. La arqueóloga clásica Naoíse Mac Sweeney, no obstante, considera que este concepto no es más que el producto de nuestra imaginación.
En Occidente, Mac Sweeney desafía este concepto, a través de catorce vidas: desde el refugiado mestizo Heródoto hasta Phillis Wheatley, una mujer afroamericana esclavizada que se convirtió en autora; pasando por el primer ministro británico William Gladstone y su pasión por la poesía épica, hasta el erudito árabe medieval Al-Kindi.
Así, Mac Sweeney mezcla héroes anónimos con rostros conocidos para ofrecernos otra perspectiva y revelarnos cómo se ideó esta versión de la historia, cómo se ha utilizado para justificar el imperialismo y el racismo y por qué es una ideología caduca.
En estos momentos de redefinición de la civilización, si queremos trazar un futuro para nuestra sociedad, debemos comprender adecuadamente su pasado. Occidente es una historia cautivadora e íntima que cambiará la forma en que vemos el mundo que nos rodea.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Award-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney dismantles the established myths about the origins and development of the West through fourteen historical figures who offer a fresh, cross-cutting vision of the history we thought we knew.
We tend to think of Western civilization as a golden path through the centuries, from classical antiquity to modern Western nations. Classical archaeologist Naoíse Mac Sweeney, however, argues that this concept is nothing more than a product of our imagination.
In Occidente, Mac Sweeney challenges this idea, through fourteen lives: from the mixed-heritage refugee Herodotus to Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved African American woman who became an author; from British Prime Minister William Gladstone and his passion for epic poetry to the medieval Arab scholar Al-Kindi.
Mac Sweeney blends anonymous heroes with familiar figures to give us another perspective, revealing how this version of history was crafted, how it has been used to justify imperialism and racism, and why it is an outdated ideology.
At a time when civilization is being redefined, if we want to chart a future for our society, we must properly understand its past. Occidente is a captivating and intimate history that will change the way we see the world around us.
