Un amor desenfrenado por la libertad

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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...

Una de las máximas preocupaciones de la sociedad occidental es la amenaza de un terrorismo cuyo principal objetivo es que la gente se sienta vulnerable. CHARLES TOWNSHEND desmenuza este fenómeno, ambiguo en su definición, alejándose de quienes consideran que el terrorismo no tiene causas, sólo consecuencias, y de que realizar un análisis del mismo supone comprensión o incluso compasión hacia los terroristas. TERRORISMO. UNA BREVE INTRODUCCIÓN desarrolla el tema desde la aparición del término en la época del Terror francesa, pasando por los atentados anarquistas que aplicaban «la...

Ernest Gellner hace en esta obra un replanteamiento total de la historia de la civilización occidental sin desdeñar los aspectos religiosos o bélicos; incluso las causas de la violencia humana se infieren de la exposición de las necesidades del hombre desde sus más tempranos intentos por asociarse, organizarse y jerarquizarse. Desde los más sencillos agrupamientos humanos, como los clanes o tribus, el autor revisa el papel cambiante de la simbología conceptual.