William and Mary were elected King and Queen, and the coronation was more like an inauguration. Royal power was limited, and constitutional monarchy started. The video alleges that modernity started here, and that England became the first modern state at this point. What do you say to that? Axé.
I still want my degrees in economics and law, for practical reasons, but I am now joining the view that the social sciences are superficial — and I am including certain branches of Linguistics in the social sciences. I would never be in English, French or German, since in Spanish or Arabic you get to … More On fields
There is an article by Quijano and Wallerstein, Americanity as a concept; or the Americas in the modern world system: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena, y mucho más.” (Mignolo 2005: … More What are research and writing, and what is productivity?
Mignolo 70: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena. . . .” This also uses the word singularity, so one could consider it in relation to the question of cultural exceptionalism. First, … More For current paper #1 and my book
All I really want to do now is study Sarmiento. I had read Cien años de soledad in English when it came out, before I was literate in Spanish, but Facundo was the first Latin American book I read in Spanish and there is no better one, as it is completely wild. There is so … More Another trick for a successful year
Here is Alan Liu’s course in which I am interested more for the platform and organization of materials than for its course content. That is interesting as well, but then so are all courses. I like the plaform. I have a course on Piazza, which I like better than Moodle, but I like this (even) better. It … More Course platforms
She has a smart book on civilization and barbarism that I found out about from the Spanish Professor and am now using to teach Facundo. Here is a snippet from my simplifying notes for class: Con la Revolución Francesa se introduce la idea de que la barbarie se halla también en el interior del continente … More Maristella Svampa
In 1876, Dom Pedro II, the Emperor of Brazil, visited San Francisco and asked to meet the Emperor of the United States. They met at a royal suite at the newly opened Palace Hotel and talked for more than an hour. Dom Pedro never let on whether he realized that the United States really didn’t … More Emperor Norton
Facebook refused to post this: Bien, tenés razón Natalia, lo interesante sería ver literatura del mundo hispanoárabe actual. Yo en lo que pensaba para mi actual clasecita era alguna jarcha con fotos de Córdoba, algo así, y asustarlos con la noticia de que no es del todo cristiana la madre patria. Pero veo algo más … More Rebrillante
“The ‘idea’ of America and of ‘Latin’ America emerged and has been maintained in the field of forces in which knowledge and wealth are unevenly distributed, and where the colonial difference has been silenced by the trumpeting and celebration of cultural differences.” –Mignolo 2005, 44. I know you are writing on this today, SMT. Axé.
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