Traces the evolution of thinking, language, and social skills among ancient primates and humans, linking these abilities not to genes and natural selection but to the development of cultural practices learned and relearned by each generation over the course of millions of years.
Realismo Magico, Vallenato Y Violencia Politica En El Caribe Colombiano By reading Caribbean novels and ethnographies I trace the conformation of a critical tradition which influences aesthetics and social thought, and makes public the relation between cultural myths and social inequalities. In contrast to Alejo Carpentiers image of the Caribbean as a sanctuary where intellectuals escape from western rationalism, Garcia…
No Juegues De Noche! It may seem to be an amusing game but behind the Ouija exists a frightening and not-so-amusing mystery.
Memorias En Conflicto Para contribuir a este esfuerzo de polemología comparada, el presente volumen reúne una selección de trabajos presentados en varios eventos académicos, organizados conjuntamente por el Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA), el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), la Red para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales en el Perú, el…
La Lucha De Clases Existe... ¡y La Han Ganado Los Ricos! La desigualdad creciente, la destrucción de las clases medias, el menosprecio por el medio ambiente, los retrocesos sociales hacen pensar que, efectivamente, hubo una lucha de clases que a la postre ¡HAN GANADO LOS RICOS! En el modelo de desarrollo que se instauró después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y…
Croniñón Little Croniñón helps his clan hunt and kill a mammoth and at the same time learns to paint the walls of the cave he lives in.
La Biblia Envenenada The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his…
