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Palabra que aparece, La in Bloomington, MN
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Palabra que aparece, La in Bloomington, MN
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Este es un libro sobre la violencia y la palabra. No la palabra que se utiliza para legitimarla desde el discurso de los vencedores, sino la que irrumpe para confrontarla. Porque la violencia se ejerce con el lenguaje, pero también se combate con él. En una época marcada por la vulnerabilidad y la lucha por la supervivencia, el autor recupera la noción del testigo en cuanto superviviente. Ante el horror y la impunidad, el testimonio es el recurso que queda a los que solo tienen su palabra. Y tomarla para denunciar el agravio deviene así una forma de acción. Este ensayo profundiza en la vocación de narrar los desastres de la guerra para dar lugar a la perspectiva omitida. Se detiene en episodios cruentos de la Historia: desde la guerra de Troya, la conquista de México, la Guerra Civil española y la Segunda Guerra Mundial –con Hiroshima y el Holocausto– hasta los modernos conflictos que se libran con drones o los combates menos convencionales, como la llamada «guerra contra el narco», en México.
This is a book about violence and words. Not the word that is used to legitimize it from the speech of the victors, but the one that bursts in to confront it. Because violence is exercised with language, but it is also fought with it. In a time marked by vulnerability and the struggle for survival, the author recovers the notion of the witness as a survivor. In the face of horror and impunity, testimony is the remaining resource for those who only have their word. And taking it to denounce the grievance thus becomes a form of action.
This is a book about violence and words. Not the word that is used to legitimize it from the speech of the victors, but the one that bursts in to confront it. Because violence is exercised with language, but it is also fought with it. In a time marked by vulnerability and the struggle for survival, the author recovers the notion of the witness as a survivor. In the face of horror and impunity, testimony is the remaining resource for those who only have their word. And taking it to denounce the grievance thus becomes a form of action.
Este es un libro sobre la violencia y la palabra. No la palabra que se utiliza para legitimarla desde el discurso de los vencedores, sino la que irrumpe para confrontarla. Porque la violencia se ejerce con el lenguaje, pero también se combate con él. En una época marcada por la vulnerabilidad y la lucha por la supervivencia, el autor recupera la noción del testigo en cuanto superviviente. Ante el horror y la impunidad, el testimonio es el recurso que queda a los que solo tienen su palabra. Y tomarla para denunciar el agravio deviene así una forma de acción. Este ensayo profundiza en la vocación de narrar los desastres de la guerra para dar lugar a la perspectiva omitida. Se detiene en episodios cruentos de la Historia: desde la guerra de Troya, la conquista de México, la Guerra Civil española y la Segunda Guerra Mundial –con Hiroshima y el Holocausto– hasta los modernos conflictos que se libran con drones o los combates menos convencionales, como la llamada «guerra contra el narco», en México.
This is a book about violence and words. Not the word that is used to legitimize it from the speech of the victors, but the one that bursts in to confront it. Because violence is exercised with language, but it is also fought with it. In a time marked by vulnerability and the struggle for survival, the author recovers the notion of the witness as a survivor. In the face of horror and impunity, testimony is the remaining resource for those who only have their word. And taking it to denounce the grievance thus becomes a form of action.
This is a book about violence and words. Not the word that is used to legitimize it from the speech of the victors, but the one that bursts in to confront it. Because violence is exercised with language, but it is also fought with it. In a time marked by vulnerability and the struggle for survival, the author recovers the notion of the witness as a survivor. In the face of horror and impunity, testimony is the remaining resource for those who only have their word. And taking it to denounce the grievance thus becomes a form of action.