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TawÃscara: El secuestro de la democracia
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General Latin American History
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ISBN10: 1956760601
ISBN13: 9781956760606
Publisher: Humanus
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9781956760606
Publisher: Humanus
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish
Y si la democracia moderna no hubiera nacido en Atenas, sino en América? Y si el mayor triunfo del capitalismo no hubiera sido derrotar a sus adversarios, sino apropiarse de sus ideas? Durante siglos, la historia oficial presentó la democracia, la libertad y el federalismo como creaciones europeas. En Tawiscara. El secuestro de la democracia, el autor propone otra lectura: las sociedades nativoamericanas, especialmente la Confederación Iroquesa, desempeñaron un papel decisivo en el nacimiento del pensamiento democrático moderno, con sus conceptos de igualdad, fraternidad, solidaridad, racionalidad, laicismo y tolerancia. Sin embargo, esa herencia fue despojada de sus fundamentos igualitarios para adaptarla al capitalismo liberal y a sus anomalÃas históricas: la obsesión por la privatización de todo y la ideologÃa fanática y fantástica de que mi egoÃsmo es bueno para el resto del mundo. A partir de una amplia investigación histórica, el autor recorre la trayectoria de esas ideas desde las naciones indÃgenas hasta la Ilustración europea y la fundación de Estados Unidos, mostrando cómo fueron transformadas para legitimar un nuevo orden polÃtico, económico e imperial que no diferÃa mucho de la Edad Media o del Imperio Romano. Más que una revisión del pasado, este libro es una reflexión sobre el presente. En una época marcada por el poder financiero, las corporaciones tecnológicas y la crisis de las democracias liberales, Tawiscara invita a repensar el verdadero origen de la democracia y a preguntarse si todavÃa es posible rescatarla de quienes la convirtieron en el principal instrumento de su propio poder.
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