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Poemas mágicos y dolientes (1909)

INDICE: Prólogo. Poemas mágicos y dolientes. Ruinas. Francina en el jardín. Marina de ensueño. Estampas. Perfume y nostalgia.

Melancolía (1910-1911)

INDICE: Prólogo. En tren. El alma encendida. La voz velada. Tercetos melancólicos. Hoy. "Tenebrae". Apéndice.

Global security and the war on terror

elite power and te illusion of control

As the 'War on Terror' evolves into the 'Long War' against Islamo- fascism, it demands an enduring commitment to ensuring the security of the United States and its allies. This policy is based on the requirement to maintain control in a fractured and unpredictable global ...

Crusader warfare

Byzantium, western Europe and the battle of the Holy Land

This book presents as many aspects as possible of warfare during the period of the crusades within all the cultures most directly involved. To a large extent the current interest in the Crusades reflects the perceived threat of a so-called 'clash of civilisations'. While warnings ...

Wittgenstein and ethical inquiry

a defense of ethics as clarification

Argues that Wittgenstein, though himself often silent on particular ethical matters, gives us immense resources for understanding the aims appropriate to any philosophical ethics. This work re-examines some of the landmarks in the history of moral philosophy in order to cast contemporary ethical philosophy in ...

Truth, meaning and realism

A.C. Grayling is one of Britain's leading philosophers, known not only for his contributions as a public philosopher of distinction, but in academic circles for his scholarly work on Descartes, Berkeley, Russell and Wittgenstein, his writings on the problem of scepticism, his widely ...

Stoic ethics

Epictetus and happiness as freedom

Shortly after Aristotle's death, ancient philosophy shifted away from abstract technical issues and focused on the more practical moral question of how to be happy. While many schools of thought arose on the subject, Stoicism and Epicureanism dominated the philosophical landscape for nearly 500 ...

The Druids

Ronald Hutton's latest book is the first comprehensive study of what people have thought about the ancient Druids and why. Written in a racy and accessible style, it is essential reading for everyone interested in exploring our mysterious past. Most books written on the ...

The spanish Civil War

Andy Durgan provides a clear introductory overview and critical evaluation of the key debates and recent published research on the origins, outbreak, course and implications of the Spanish Civil War. Durgan covers the causes of the war, the course of the conflict itself, the impact ...

Exemplario contra los engaños y peligros del mundo

El Exemplario contra los engaños y peligros del mundo, editado en Zaragoza por Pablo Hurus en 1493, es la traducción castellana del Directorium vitae humanae alias parabolae antiquorum sapientium (entre 1262 y 1268) de Juan de Capua, versión latina del Calila e Dimna, obra que ...

Anthropology put to work

How do anthropologists work today and how will they work in future? While some anthropologists have recently called for a new "public" or "engaged" anthropology, profound changes have already occurred, leading to new kinds of work for a large number of anthropologists. The image of ...

City of panic

"City of Panic" takes the reader on a journey across the airy boulevards of Paris and into the crypt of its Metro. For Virilio, whose sense of cities was formed by earlier wars, Paris is both the City of Light and the City of Panic ...

Derrida

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Kant

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Nietzsche

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Urban imaginaries

locating the modern city

For millennia, the city stood out against the landscape, walled and compact. This concept of the city was long accepted as adequate for characterizing the urban experience. However, the nature of the city, both real and imagined, has always been more permeable than this model ...

Hume

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...

Primitive America

the idiology of capitalist democracy

One of the most confounding aspects of American society#the one that perhaps most frequently perplexes observers both domestic and foreign#is the vast contradiction between what anthropologists might term the #hot# and #cold# elements in the culture. The hot encompasses the dynamic and progressive ...

Noah's other son

bridging the gap between the Bible and the Qur'an

The title of the book comes from the description of believers in the Abrahamic faith traditions in the Qur'an. Brown very simply proceeds through his book to help Jews and Christians understand the role that several biblical figures from their own traditions play in ...

Spinoza

a guide for the perplexed

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes ...