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David Y Goliat / David & Goliath

David Y Goliat / David & Goliath

Desvalidos, Inadaptados y el Arte de Luchar Contra Gigantes

by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/10/2013

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?Estamos seguros de que el poderoso siempre lleva las de ganar? Un libro magnificamente escrito sobre las poderosas ventajas de lo poco convencional Hace 3.000 anos, en un campo de batalla de la antigua Palestina, un pastor derribo a un poderoso guerrero valiendose unicamente de una piedra y una honda. Desde entonces los nombres de David y Goliat se han convertido en el simbolo de la lucha entre el desvalido y el gigante. La victoria de David fue inverosimil y milagrosa. No deberia haber ganado.?O si?

En David y Goliat, Malcolm Gladwellcuestiona el modo en el que pensamos sobre obstaculos y desventajas, ofreciendo una nueva interpretacion de lo que significa ser discriminado, vivir con una discapacidad, perder a un padre, tener que ir a una universidad mediocre o sufrir cualquier otro tipo de desgracia.

Gladwell parte de la historia real de lo que sucedio hace siglos entre el gigante y el pastor. Desde ahi, David y Goliat analiza el conflicto de Irlanda del Norte, la mente de los investigadores del cancer y la de los lideres de los derechos civiles, el alto precio de la venganza y la dinamica de las clases que obtienen buenos resultados, y de las que no, para demostrar cuanto de lo que hay de bello y de importante en el mundo se origina en el sufrimiento y en la adversidad.

En la tradicion de sus anteriores best sellers -Inteligencia intuitiva, La clave del exito, Fueras de serie y Lo que vio el perro-, Gladwell recurre a la historia, a la psicologia, a la ciencia y a su maestria como narrador para dar nueva forma al modo en que concebimos el mundo que nos rodea. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms---all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. In the tradition of Gladwell's previous bestsellers---The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw---David and Goliath draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.
ISBN:
9781622631209
9781622631209
Category:
Social
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-10-2013
Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
Taurus
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
284
Dimensions (mm):
226x150x23mm
Weight:
0.36kg
Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, What the Dog Saw, and his latest, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.

He has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine and one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers."

Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has won a National Magazine Award and been honoured by the American Psychological Society and the American Sociological Society.

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