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Cuando Los Hechos Cambian. When the Facts Change

Cuando Los Hechos Cambian. When the Facts Change

by Tony Judt and Jennifer Homans
Paperback
Publication Date: 24/11/2015

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Cuando los hechos cambian es la coleccion esencial de textos de Tony Judt, ineditos en castellano, e incluye algunos de sus articulos mas influyentes y polemicos, escritos durante la etapa en que encontro su voz en la esfera publica (1999-2010). Este libro refleja el gradual desencanto de Occidente tras el euforico fin de la Guerra Fria; la preocupacion de Judt ante el desmantelamiento del Estado de bienestar; su lucida postura ante cuestiones como el imperialismo estadounidense, el conflicto de Oriente Proximo o la justicia social en una era de desigualdad; y, sobre todo, su enorme capacidad de conectar la historia con la actualidad. La capacidad de Judt de aportar una mirada amplia y comprensiva hace que sus articulos sobre temas concretos cobren un alcance que va mucho mas alla de lo coyuntural. Sus colaboraciones en prensa son asi una pieza clave de su obra, y en ellas se aprecia su extraordinaria lucidez y su compromiso. Mario Vargas Llosa ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A great thinker s final testament: a characteristically wise andforthright collection of essays spanning a career of extraordinaryintellectual engagement In an age in which the lack of independent public intellectuals has often been sorely lamented, Tony Judt played a rare and valuable role, bringing together history and current events, Europe and America, the world as it was and as it is with what it should be. In "When the Facts Change," Tony Judt s widow and fellow historian Jennifer Homans has assembled an essential collection of Judt s most important and influential pieces written in the last fifteen years of his life, when he found his voice in the public sphere. These seminal essays reflect the full range of Judt s concerns, including Europe as an idea and in reality; Israel, the Holocaust, and the Jews; American hyperpower and the world after 9/11; and issues of social inclusion and social justice in a time of increasing inequality."
ISBN:
9786073132947
9786073132947
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
24-11-2015
Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Country of origin:
Spain
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4mm
Weight:
0.37kg
Jennifer Homans

Jennifer Homans was a professional dancer, trained at Balanchine's School of American Ballet. She has a doctorate in European and American cultural history and is a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU, where she is the Founding Director of the Center for Ballet and the Arts.

She lives in NYC and is the dance critic for the New Yorker. Her debut, Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet (Granta, 2011) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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