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Investigación en torno a los poderes sobrenaturales atribuidos a los monarcas en la Edad Media, e incluso hasta 1825, en la consagración del rey Carlos V de Francia, último soberano que tocó las escrófulas de sus súbditos enfermos para proporcionarles milagrosa cura. Para Bloch, las prácticas taumatúrgicas de los soberanos europeos son una clave para comprender las complejas relaciones entre saber, magia, poder y religión que han dibujado el rostro de la civilización occidental.

En Reforzar los cimientos se reúne la obra ensayística que Ngugi wa Thiong'o ha escrito durante tres décadas, una muestra del poder del pensamiento de un hombre que nunca ha renunciado a su lucha. Durante más de sesenta años, Ngugi wa Thiong'o ha alzado la voz para denunciar la situación del continente africano, para dar a conocer al mundo sus principales retos y reclamar una alternativa a un neocolonialismo injusto, violento y sobrecogedor. Su sueño es alcanzar la completa libertad, así como disfrutar de una igualdad real entre países. A lo largo de estas páginas, sobrevuelan...

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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...