El CEMIDA

Las sociedades indias, vistas durante mucho tiempo a través del prisma deformante de la literatura y el cine, siguen siendo el mejor ejemplo de la destrucción por parte del Occidente de culturas tradicionales. En lo sucesivo, los estereotipos tienden a desvanecerse a la luz de los trabajos históricos y antropológicos, como los de Philippe Jacquin: la identidad de los indios puede afirmarse con la reapropiación de su historia.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Holocausto, aniquilación, masacre... Entrado el siglo XX, ninguna palabra fue precisa ni suficiente para denominar el "crimen sin nombre". La humanidad supo desde siempre de la efectividad de las guerras y las matanzas para adquirir poder y territorios, pero hasta la llegada del siglo XX nunca antes había sido pensable la eliminación de la propia especie humana como una posibilidad. En este contexto nace la palabra "genocidio" para nombrar las atrocidades más indecibles de la historia, cometidas contra grupos humanos: hombres y mujeres asesinados por pensar diferente, por no compartir una ...