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La obra cumbre del historiador Jacques Barzun es una magnífica síntesis de nuestra historia un apasionante recorrido de Occidente desde el Renacimiento y la Reforma hasta nuestros días. El historiador Jacques Barzun, reconocido internacionalmente por sus más de treinta obras sobre historia y crítica cultural, nos ofrece en una narración única la suma de sus descubrimientos y conclusiones sobre la cultura de Occidente desde el año 1500. Describe la forja del hombre occidental a partir del Renacimiento y la Reforma hasta el presente, bajo una doble la de aquellos tiempos y la de nuestros intereses en los albores del siglo XXI. Los triunfos y derrotas ocurridos en esos quinientos años conforman una inspiradasaga que modifica la visión de este periodo como una época de opresión por parte de los hombres blancos europeos. Las mujeres y sus proezas son sobresalientes, y la libertad (incluso la sexual) no es un invento de las últimas décadas. Y cuando Barzun valora el presente como declive y no como culminación, no lo hace en absoluto como un profeta apocalíptico. Por el contrario, muestra que la decadencia es el cierre inevitable de las grandes épocas, condición necesaria para la creación de la novedad, que surgirá pronto, tal vez mañana. La crítica ha dicho :
«Sin duda alguna, este libro sobrevivirá para deleitar y provocar a los lectores del siglo XXI; incluso asombrara a los del siglo XXII por su preclaridad.»
The New York Times Book Review «Este libro pasará a la Historia... Supone el triunfo de la sabiduría sin ataduras.»
Newsweek «¿Cuántasveces en la vida se encuentra uno frente a una obra maestra? Esta obra, sin ninguna duda, lo es.»
National Review
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0965365107
- ISBN 13 9780965365109
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages877
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