El Mundo de Hoy Reflexiones Políticamente Incorrectas


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Sí, el ser humano es sensible a la verdad. Lo que ocurre es que en el mundo de hoy la verdad queda oculta en ocasiones por múltiples velos que la desdibujan y le quitan su diamantino fulgor. La verdad es la luz que ilumina los caminos de la justicia, la que permite saber a qué atenerse a hombres y mujeres, y la que posibilita la construcción de la vida sobre sólidos cimientos. Sin embargo, enfrentándose a la verdad, o por lo menos bordeándola en ocasiones, surgieron los valores “políticamente correctos”, es decir, aquellos que se admiten socialmente sin levantar sospechas de un pensar objetivo y libre, de forma que estos valores crecen siempre dentro de unos límites perfectamente preestablecidos por la ortodoxia política y cultural imperantes. Este libro, “El Mundo de Hoy. Reflexiones Políticamente Incorrectas” parte de que la verdad y la libertad son los factores sobre los que debe sustentarse una vida humana digna. Y así, con estas dos importantes aspiraciones humanas, a la vez instrumentos y a la vez objetivos, muestra el libro un pensamiento Políticamente Incorrecto que busca la verdad haciendo siempre un uso legítimo de la libertad. En consecuencia el pensamiento “políticamente incorrecto” no es trasgresor “per se”, ni se opone a nada por principio, solo pretende contemplar y admitir la realidad en su totalidad para así identificar cuestiones concretas y obrar consecuentemente. La democracia –la gran creadora de los valores políticamente correctos en nuestro tiempo- no se puede aplicar a todo. A la ciencia, por ejemplo, y en consecuencia quedan parcelas de verdad y de libertad en la realidad que deben ser buscadas y ejercitadas sin cortapisas. En esta línea, pues, se han elaborado estas Reflexiones Políticamente Incorrectas, verdaderos mini ensayos, sobre el mundo de hoy, un mundo confuso tal vez, donde reinan en exceso el eufemismo y la tiranía de lo políticamente correcto. Sin embargo, el pensamiento políticamente incorrecto viene en realidad de muy lejos: Montaigne, Quevedo, Cadalso, Larra, etcétera, lo ejercieron valientemente ya en el tiempo que les tocó vivir. El autor de este libro, Carlos Baltés, invita al lector a proseguir esa tradición de pensamiento libre y liberador.




Dimanche and Other Stories


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A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite Française Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.




Fox


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First new novel in almost a decade from one of Europe's most inventive, boundary-pushing, feminist authors.




The Radiological Accident in Goiânia


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The Government and authorities in Brazil were faced with a tragic accident in Goiânia resulting from the misuse of a strongly radioactive medical teletherapy source not under radiation protection surveillance. The present report is divided into four parts: a chronology of destruction of the source, discovery of the accident and initial response; a description of the human consequences and the dosimetry and treatment of seriously exposed and contaminated persons; an account of the assessment of the environmental contamination and the remedial actions taken; and observations and recommendations. Appendices and annexes give an assessment of the effectiveness of international co-operation in the emergency response, and provide further information on: public communications; radiological survey equipment; guidelines for the discharge of patients; radiological protection; chemical decontamination; and the lessons learned.




On the Development of Peoples


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Antiquities and Classical Traditions in Latin America


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This collection is the first concerted attempt to explore the significance of classical legacies for Latin American history – from the uses of antiquarian learning in colonial institutions to the currents of Romantic Hellenism which inspired liberators and nation-builders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discusses how the model of Roman imperialism, challenges to Aristotle’s theories of geography and natural slavery, and Cicero’s notion of the patria have had a pervasive influence on thought and politics throughout the Latin American region Brings together essays by specialists in art history, cultural anthropology and literary studies, as well as Americanists and scholars of the classical tradition Shows that appropriations of the Greco-Roman past are a recurrent catalyst for change in the Americas Calls attention to ideas and developments which have been overlooked in standard narratives of intellectual history




Manolito Four-Eyes


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The first book in a series about a ten-year-old boys misadventures in Spain.




Fortuny


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National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States


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The national directory addresses the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry, and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.




Look Who's Back


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HE'S BACK AND HE'S FUHRIOUS! "Desperately funny . . . An ingenious comedy of errors." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Satire at its best." --Newsweek "Thrillingly transgressive." --The Guardian A NEW YORK TIMES SUMMER READING PICK In this record-breaking bestseller, Timur Vermes imagines what would happen if Adolf Hilter reawakened in present-day Germany: YouTube stardom. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. It's the summer of 2011 and things have changed--no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognizes his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognize him--as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, and people begin to listen. But the Fuhrer has another program with even greater ambition in mind--to set the country he finds in shambles back to rights. With daring humor, Look Who's Back is a perceptive study of the cult of personality and of how individuals rise to fame and power in spite of what they preach.