Toward a Contemporary City

La palabra “resiliencia” significa la capacidad del ser humano de resistir ante las condiciones adversas que lo rodean y desarrollar respuestas adaptativas y creativas, a pesar del dolor físico y los conflictos intrapsíquicos. Es la capacidad extraordinaria para vivir en la adversidad y no solo resistir, sino ser capaz de ser creativo en tales circunstancias. José Martí, el Héroe Nacional de Cuba, que convirtió la pluma en machete y el papel en manigua, ha sido uno de los hombres más resilientes de nuestra historia, que supo sobreponerse a todas las adversidades y llegar a morir...

El Ensayo sobre la historia de la sociedad civil forma parte de los libros más editados del siglo XVIII y es, indudablemente, una de las obras más notables de la Ilustración escocesa. El lector encontrará en este escrito de Adam Ferguson una espléndida y original interacción entre el humanismo cívico y el emergente liberalismo cuyas conclusiones irradian luz sobre aspectos de nuestras actuales sociedades. Lo excepcional de la propuesta del ilustrado escocés es que, a pesar de haberla construido en un entorno que mayoritariamente reivindicaba los presupuestos del liberalismo...

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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...