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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...

Nos dice Boorstin que la cultura occidental ha conocido tres grandes épocas de investigación. En la primera el ser humano buscó la respuesta a sus interrogantes más vitales en un dios que le hablaba desde arriba (Moisés, Isaías, o el autor del libro de Job), o en el pensamiento filosófico que nacía de su reflexión interior (Sócrates, Platón, Aristóteles). Vino luego una segunda época de búsqueda basada en la experiencia (Bacon, Descartes) y en el liberalismo (Locke, Rousseau, Jefferson). Finalmente, la tercera, asentada en los pilares de las ciencias sociales, alumbró hombres...

La Guerra de la Independencia provoca un inaudito trauma colectivo e individual. En 1808, obliga a escoger precipitadamente entre la colaboración con los invasores y la resistencia. El dilema es especialmente acuciante para la élite ilustrada. Por su lado, los militares, los paisanos incorporados a la guerrilla, los eclesiásticos, los notables locales, los letrados, las mujeres..., en sus respectivas áreas y con sus actuaciones heroicas o mediocres, revelan sus mentalidades y sus credos. A partir de 1810, en la minúscula península gaditana, otros personajes acceden a la notoriedad por...