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Lord Byron and Madame de Staël: Born for Opposition (Routledge Revivals)
by Joanne WilkesPublished in 1999. Lord Byron and Madam de Stael made a great impression on Europe in the throes of the Napoleonic Wars, through their personalities, the versions of themselves which they projected through their works, and their literary engagement with contemporary life. However, the strong links between them have never before been explored in detail. This pioneering study looks at their personal relations, from their verbal sparring in Regency society, through the friendship which developed in Switzerland after Byron left England in 1816, to Byron’s tributes to Mme de Stael after her death. It concentrates on their literary links, both direct responses to each other’s works, and the copious evidence of shared concerns. The study deals with their treatment of gender, their grappling with the possibilities for heroic endeavour, their engagement with the social and political situations of Britain, France and Italy, and their conceptions of the role of the writer. Although Byron will need no introduction, Mme de Stael’s standing as a French romantic writer of the first rank is made plain by the strong impact of her writings on the English Poet.
Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity
by Clara TuiteThe Regency period in general, and the aristocrat-poet Lord Byron in particular, were notorious for scandal, but the historical circumstances of this phenomenon have yet to be properly analysed. Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity explores Byron's celebrity persona in the literary, social, political and historical contexts of Regency Britain and post-Napoleonic Europe that produced it. Clara Tuite argues that the Byronic enigma that so compelled contemporary audiences - and provoked such controversy with its spectacular Romantic Satanism - can be understood by means of 'scandalous celebrity', a new form of ambivalent fame that mediates between notoriety and traditional forms of heroic renown. Examining Byron alongside contemporary figures including Caroline Lamb, Stendhal, Napoleon Bonaparte and Lord Castlereagh, Tuite illuminates the central role played by Byron in the literary, political and sexual scandals that mark the Regency as a vital period of social transition and emergent celebrity culture.
Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the Heroes of Ancient Oaxaca
by Robert Lloyd WilliamsIn the pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican world, histories and collections of ritual knowledge were often presented in the form of painted and folded books now known as codices, and the knowledge itself was encoded into pictographs. Eight codices have survived from the Mixtec peoples of ancient Oaxaca, Mexico; a part of one of them, the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, is the subject of this book. As a group, the Mixtec codices contain the longest detailed histories and royal genealogies known for any indigenous people in the western hemisphere. The Codex Zouche-Nuttall offers a unique window into how the Mixtecs themselves viewed their social and political cosmos without the bias of western European interpretation. At the same time, however, the complex calendrical information recorded in the Zouche-Nuttall has made it resistant to historical, chronological analysis, thereby rendering its narrative obscure. In this pathfinding work, Robert Lloyd Williams presents a methodology for reading the Codex Zouche-Nuttall that unlocks its essentially linear historical chronology. Recognizing that the codex is a combination of history in the European sense and the timelessness of myth in the Native American sense, he brings to vivid life the history of Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan (AD 935–1027), a ruler with the attributes of both man and deity, as well as other heroic Oaxacan figures. Williams also provides context for the history of Lord Eight Wind through essays dealing with Mixtec ceremonial rites and social structure, drawn from information in five surviving Mixtec codices.
Lord High Executioner: An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind
by Howard EngelA grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings—and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty. In Lord High Executioner, award-winning writer Howard Engel traces the traditions of capital punishment from medieval England and early Canada to the present-day United States. Throughout &“civilized&” history, executioners employed on behalf of the kingdom, republic, or dictatorship have beheaded, chopped, stabbed, choked, gassed, electrocuted, or beaten criminals to death—and Engel doesn&’t shy away from the gritty details of the executioner&’s lifestyle, focusing on the paragons, buffoons, and sadists of the dark profession. Packed with all-too-true stories, from hapless hangings to butchered beheadings, this historically accurate look at the executioner&’s gruesome work makes for a thoroughly gripping read.
Lord I'm Coming Home: Everyday Aesthetics in Tidewater North Carolina (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
by John ForrestLord I'm Coming Home focuses on a small, white, rural fishing community on the southern reaches of the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina. By means of a new kind of anthropological fieldwork, John Forrest seeks to document the entire aesthetic experience of a group of people, showing the aesthetic to be an "everyday experience and not some rarefied and pure behavior reserved for an artistic elite."The opening chapter of the book is a vivid fictional narrative of a typical day in "Tidewater," presented from the perspective of one fisherman. In the following two chapters the author sets forth the philosophical and anthropological foundations of his book, paying particular attention to problems of defining "aesthetic," to methodological concerns, and to the natural landscape of his field site. Reviewing his own experience as both participant and observer, he then describes in scrupulous detail the aesthetic forms in four areas of Tidewater life: home, work, church, and leisure. People use these forms, Forrest shows, to establish personal and group identities, facilitate certain kinds of interactions while inhibiting others, and cue appropriate behavior. His concluding chapter deals with the different life cycles of men and women, insider-outsider relations, secular and sacred domains, the image and metaphor of "home," and the essential role that aesthetics plays in these spheres. The first ethnography to evoke the full aesthetic life of a community, Lord I'm Coming Home will be important reading not only for anthropologists but also for scholars and students in the fields of American studies, art, folklore, and sociology.
Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East: Viewing Imperialism in its Proper Perspective (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
by Shih-tsung WangThis study explains how Salisbury viewed cultural conflicts between the East and the West, how he treated Oriental nationality and nationalist aspirations in British dominions in the East, and how he directed British policy in the Eastern world in a time when the Western Powers were plunging into a struggle for spheres of predominance. In pursuit of British imperial interests, Salisbury was outwardly determined, but acutely aware of the inherent moral conflicts. He understood that the expansion of Europe was inevitable, but, taking into account the rights and feelings of the Eastern nations, he endeavoured to reduce his country’s impact on the peoples subjected to British control. Hence his preference for the generally peaceful invasion effected by informal empire. Following an introductory discussion on Salisbury’s ideas and policy, particularly in the light of his treatment of nationality, this research investigates his record in India, Turkey, Egypt, and China to argue for a strikingly sympathetic attitude in his dealings with Eastern nationalities. While it is a truism to say that British imperialism was coloured by Christian beliefs and liberal principles, it has not yet been appreciated how far Salisbury succeeded in reconciling the moral and practical demands of Western civilization upon itself with the requirements of power.
Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress (Routledge Revivals)
by J. Wesley BreadyOriginally published in 1926, this volume is much more than a biography of an outstanding politician, social reformer and philosopher. It provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during the nineteenth century, as well as a discussion of the development of social affairs and the inertia of political psychology. The role that faith and religion played in motivating Lord Shaftesbury’s desire for social reform is also discussed as is the ways in which he and John Wesley transformed the social and ethical ideas of England to enshrine in law many of the working conditions that we take for granted today such as defined hours of work and rest periods.
Lord and Peasant in Nineteenth Century Britain (Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World #34)
by Dennis R. MillsFirst published in 1980, this book looks at the social structure of 18th and 19th century rural Britain. It is particularly concerned with the relationship of landlord and peasant in the rural village and examines the open-closed model of English rural social structure in great depth. In doing so, it explores the ways in which the estate system influenced urban development and how the peasant system facilitated the industrialisation of many villages. This book will be of particular interest to students of Victorian and social history, industrialisation and urbanisation.
Lord and Pharaoh: Carnarvon and the Search for Tutankhamun
by Brian FaganBoth born to power and wealth, and raised by courtiers, they lived lives of aristocrats and landowners, in poor health and with uncertain futures. Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon share many parallels, not the least of which was Carnarvon’s sponsorship of the team that found the pharaoh’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Brian Fagan’s narrative expertly weaves these two lives together, showing similarities and differences between these two powerful men. -Both figures are placed in their historical context, showing the political and social machinations of 18th Dynasty Egypt and 20th century archaeological exploration in Egypt.-Grounded in historical and archaeological research, the two figures are made to come alive as real people.-An Afterword by the author shows archaeologists how to tell research stories that are accessible to a wider audience.
Lords of Chaos
by Didrik Soderlind Michael Moynihan"* * * * * *! The most incredible story in the history of music ... a heavyweight book."--Kerrang!"An unusual combination of true crime journalism, rock and roll reporting and underground obsessiveness, Lords of Chaos turns into one of the more fascinating reads in a long time."--Denver PostA narrative feature film based on this award-winning book has just gone into production.
Lords of Fleet Street: The Harmsworth Dynasty (Routledge Library Editions: Journalism #3)
by Richard BourneOriginally published in 1990. The Harmsworth family, starting with Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922) is the greatest and most influential press dynasty Britain has known. The dynasty has had by far the greatest impact on the shape of the press today of all the great press families. The Harmsworths were big, bold characters, enormously rich and with a gift for flamboyant use of their wealth. Much more important though is the way they used their influence on public opinion to steer the country’s political and social life. ‘Public opinion’ was a force that the Harmsworths harnessed before anyone else, and they quickly understood how to use it as a political tool. This book is constructed as four biographies which together make up the central story of the popular press in Britain. Their story continues to have relevance.
Lorraine Kelly's Scotland
by Lorraine KellyFrom childhood family day trips to Loch Lomond, to her days as TVam’s roving correspondent, Lorraine Kelly has covered the length and breadth of Scotland. But certain special places tug at her heartstrings and lure her back time and time again. Travelling to the highlands and islands and all her favourite places in between, this is Lorraine’s personal journey around her beautiful and beguiling country. Each and every stop gives rise to fascinating stories and memories along the way, from her adopted home of Dundee to the wild and remote islands of St Kilda. She revisits childhood haunts in Glasgow, indulges in a spot of whisky-tasting on the island of Islay and reveals what led her to once arrive in Edinburgh pushing a pram and wearing a pair of rollerskates. She rediscovers the joys of the natural wilderness in the Highlands, visits a dramatic Viking fire festival in Shetland and recalls the week she and her family spent hunting the Loch Ness monster . . . Beautifully illustrated with stunning original photographs, Lorraine Kelly’s Scotland is a celebration of a gloriously diverse country with a deep and rich heritage, told with all Lorraine’s characteristic warmth and humour.
Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing
by James LasleyOnce considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing, management, and policy studies, Los Angeles Police Departmen
Los Angeles's Little Tokyo (Images of America)
by Little Tokyo Historical SocietyIn 1884, a Japanese sailor named Hamanosuke Shigeta made his way to the eastern section of downtown Los Angeles and opened Little Tokyo's first business, an American-style café. By the early 20th century, this neighborhood on the banks of the Los Angeles River had developed into a vibrant community serving the burgeoning Japanese American population of Southern California. When Japanese Americans were forcibly removed to internment camps in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entrance into World War II, Little Tokyo was rechristened "Bronzeville" as a newly established African American enclave popular for its jazz clubs and churches. Despite the War Relocation Authority's opposition to re-establishing Little Tokyo following the war, Japanese Americans gradually restored the strong ties evident today in 21st-century Little Tokyo--a multicultural, multigenerational community that is the largest Nihonmachi (Japantown) in the United States.
Los Brazos de Dios: A Plantation Society in the Texas Borderlands, 1821--1865 (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
by Sean M. KelleyHistorians have long believed that the "frontier" shaped Texas plantation society, but in this detailed examination of Texas's most important plantation region, Sean M. Kelley asserts that the dominant influence was not the frontier but the Mexican Republic. The Lower Brazos River Valley -- the only slave society to take root under Mexican sovereignty -- made replication of eastern plantation culture extremely difficult and complicated. By tracing the synthesis of cultures, races, and politics in the region, Kelley reveals a distinct variant of southern slavery -- a borderland plantation society.Kelley opens by examining the four migration streams that defined the antebellum Brazos community: Anglo-Americans and their African American slaves who constituted the first two groups to immigrate; Germans who came after the Mexican government barred immigrants from the U.S. while encouraging those from Europe; and African-born slaves brought in through Cuba who ultimately made up the largest concentration of enslaved Africans in the antebellum South. Within this multicultural milieu, Kelley shows, the disparity between Mexican law and German practices complicated southern familial relationships and master-slave interaction. Though the Mexican policy on slavery was ambiguous, alternating between toleration and condemnation, Brazos slaves perceived the Rio Grande River as the boundary between white supremacy and racial egalitarianism. As a result, thousands fled across the border, further destabilizing the Brazos plantation society. In the1850s, nonslaveholding Germans also contributed to the upheaval by expressing a sense of ethnic solidarity in politics. In an attempt to undermine Anglo efforts to draw a sharp boundary between black and white, some Germans hid runaway slaves. Ultimately, Kelley demonstrates how the Civil War brought these issues to the fore, eroding the very foundations of Brazos plantation society. With Los Brazos de Dios, Kelley offers the first examination of Texas slavery as a borderland institution and reveals the difficulty with which southern plantation society was transplanted in the West.
Los Malditos (Los Malditos #Volumen 1)
by J. Jesús LemusEn estos textos, hilvanados poco a poco tras amargos amaneceres detrás de los barrotes, se describen hechos cotidianos simples de un hombre simple, llevado al extremo de su condición humana... He aquí una crónica desgarradora que conduce de la mano al lector a través de los intrincados y hediondos pasillos de la cárcel federal de Puente Grande, donde durante tres años Jesús Lemus vivió una auténtica temporada en el infierno y padeció los brutales mecanismos punitivos del sistema penitenciario mexicano. En 2008, cuando Jesús Lemus dirigía el periódico El Tiempo de La Piedad, Michoacán, publicó diversas notas que irritaron a las autoridades locales. La venganza de los poderosos no se hizo esperar: le fabricaron cargos criminales y lo enviaron al penal de máxima seguridad de Puente Grande. Después de varios años encerrado e incontables tribulaciones, Lemus consiguió la libertad. Gracias a la fuerza que el oficio de periodista le brindó, se decidió a contar su historia y la de aquellos hombres con los que compartió torturas y humillaciones. En las condiciones de reclusión más adversas, el autor registró las conversaciones que sostuvo en el área de segregación denominada Centro de Observación y Clasificación, donde día a día luchan por sobrevivir los presos de más alta peligrosidad, la llamada "selección nacional del crimen". Al amparo del frío de la madrugada, las voces de "los malditos" comienzan a desfilar. Entre otros, hablan Daniel Arizmendi, El Mochaorejas; El Duby, ex integrante de los narcosatánicos; Juan Sánchez Limón, un lugarteniente del Lazca; Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, El Mochomo; Daniel Aguilar Treviño, el asesino confeso de José Francisco Ruiz Massieu; Mario Aburto; Rafael Caro Quintero y El Gato, un extraño personaje que hace confesiones insólitas y revela pasajes desconocidos de cómo eran los díasen el penal cuando El Chapo Guzmán estaba preso.
Los Peores: Vagos, chorros, ocupas y violentos. Alegatos del humanismo cascoteado
by Juan GraboisProvocativo y visceral, este libro confronta el estereotipo de los pobres movilizados como colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados por gerentes de la pobreza que lucran con la desesperación, sin evadir una cruda mirada introspectiva sobre los aspectos oscuros de un proceso social cuyo rumbo está en disputa. Cuenta la leyenda negra que los movimientos sociales son un colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados por gerentes de la pobreza. Esta prédica vernácula no solo proviene de voces que gozan de mucha influencia en la sociedad, sino también de la gente común. ¿Qué hay detrás del estereotipo más declamado de la Argentina? ¿Realmente los excluidos no trabajan? ¿Por qué el poder real invierte tiempo y recursos en demonizarlos? ¿Alcanza la economía popular para llevar una vida digna? ¿Es verdad que la mitad del país mantiene a la otra mitad? Sin romantizar a los movimientos populares ni evadir las contradicciones de todo proceso vivo, con vigorosa eficacia y un enfoque de carácter ético, en este libro de alegatos el referente social Juan Grabois deconstruye el mito de Los Peores y responde los ataques mediáticos de sus detractores: "Nosotros, Los Peores, tenemos un plan. No me refiero al plan estilo 'plan trabajar', de esos tenemos más o menos 1,2 millones... Digo que tenemos un plan magistral para nuestra propia extinción". Una historia de entrega y compromiso, de errores y desvíos, de conquistas y derrotas, que revela la compleja trama de la economía popular organizada y la militancia social como alternativa a la exclusión y el descarte.
Los Primeros Habitantes de Norteamérica (La Historia Oculta (Hidden History) Series)
by Janey LevyWho were the earliest Americans? When, how, and from where did they enter and spread across the continent? What is their relationship to modern Native Americans? Anthropologists develop theories to answer these questions based on the evidence they discover. Their theories, and the discoveries that prove and disprove them, are highlighted in this fascinating volume. It is full of awe-inspiring facts and incredible breakthroughs. Readers will feel like anthropologists and archaeologists themselves as they read about bones and artifacts, and what they reveal about the ancient cultures that roamed North America, more than 13,000 years ago.
Los Yarderos: Mexican Yard Workers in Transborder Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest)
by Sergio LemusMigrants from the Mexican states of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacán have become an important presence in Chicago and the Midwest. Many hold jobs as yarderos gardening, caring for lawns, and doing other landscaping work. Sergio Lemus explores the lives of these migrants and looks at the struggles they face as they work to make the city their home. Drawing on fieldwork in South Chicago, Lemus tells the stories of first and second-generation yarderos and discusses the historical, economic, cultural, and political ramifications they face as they acquire their working-class identity. Lemus’s compassionate portrait places them within America’s ongoing tradition as a nation of immigrants while analyzing their place within today’s transborder cultural moment. Perceptive and humane, Los Yarderos reveals how a group of Mexican immigrants navigates the crossings of the borders that divide class, color hierarchies, gender, and belonging.
Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico
by Guadalupe Correa-CabreraThe rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera builds a convincing case that the Zetas and similar organizations effectively constitute transnational corporations with business practices that include the trafficking of crude oil, natural gas, and gasoline; migrant and weapons smuggling; kidnapping for ransom; and video and music piracy. <P><P> Combining vivid interview commentary with in-depth analysis of organized crime as a transnational and corporate phenomenon, Los Zetas Inc. proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging face, new structure, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico. Correa-Cabrera delineates the Zetas establishment, structure, and forms of operation, along with the reactions to this new model of criminality by the state and other lawbreaking, foreign, and corporate actors. Since the Zetas share some characteristics with legal transnational businesses that operate in the energy and private security industries, she also compares this criminal corporation with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Blackwater (renamed “Academi” and now a Constellis company). Asserting that the elevated level of violence between the Zetas and the Mexican state resembles a civil war, Correa-Cabrera identifies the beneficiaries of this war, including arms-producing companies, the international banking system, the US border economy, the US border security/military-industrial complex, and corporate capital, especially international oil and gas companies.
Los años rebeldes: España 1966-1969
by Manuel EspínUna crónica lúcida y rigurosa sobre unos años cruciales en un país que intentaba dejar atrás el blanco y negro del pasado para instalarse en la modernidad del color. Medio siglo después de «Mayo del 68», los cambios en las sociedades occidentales (sociales, ideológicos, políticos, culturales, estéticos e incluso de formas y estilos de vida) tuvieron en España unas características particulares. Estos fenómenos alcanzan trascendencia en los últimos años de la década de los 60, a pesar de la censura y las restricciones a la libertad. En paralelo a sucesos internacionales impactantes como la invasión de Checoslovaquia y la guerra de Vietnam (y a otros locales como las bombas de Palomares o el «caso Matesa»), se produjeron «revueltas» en varias universidades españolas, convertidas en escenario opositor. Esta obra muestra la conexión entre sucesos, aventuras vitales, detalles íntimos y situaciones cotidianas, además del testimonio de alguno de sus protagonistas, para entender los claroscuros de una época irrepetible.
Los años sesenta
by Álvaro Tirado MejiaUna revolución en la cultura. #Alvaro Tirado Mejía #historiador desdoblado en cronista# hahecho con este libro un sitio a la década del sesenta, cañoneándolapor todos sus flancos. La cultura y la economía, los movimientossociales y las insurrecciones políticas, la tolerancia y las costumbresmorales, la sexualidad y la lucha por los derechos civiles, no hayasunto de aquella década que no tenga su relato y análisis y noacabe entreverado en el macrorretrato de una época. Lo mejorde este libro es que nos desprovincianiza: Colombia aparece en elcentro pero, en realidad, es una periferia del mundo que tratabade entrar, por fin, a la modernidad. Un gran libro#.Óscar Collazos#Hacía falta un libro que analizara de manera tan completa eltremendo impacto de los años sesenta en Colombia. Alvaro TiradoMejía vivió lo que narra y con este texto dio en el clavo#.Enrique Santos Calderón Una revolución en la cultura. #Alvaro Tirado Mejía #historiador desdoblado en cronista# hahecho con este libro un sitio a la década del sesenta, cañoneándolapor todos sus flancos. La cultura y la economía, los movimientossociales y las insurrecciones políticas, la tolerancia y las costumbresmorales, la sexualidad y la lucha por los derechos civiles, no hayasunto de aquella década que no tenga su relato y análisis y noacabe entreverado en el macrorretrato de una época. Lo mejorde este libro es que nos desprovincianiza: Colombia aparece en elcentro pero, en realidad, es una periferia del mundo que tratabade entrar, por fin, a la modernidad. Un gran libro#.Óscar Collazos#Hacía falta un libro que analizara de manera tan completa eltremendo impacto de los años sesenta en Colombia. Alvaro TiradoMejía vivió lo que narra y con este texto dio en el clavo#.Enrique Santos Calderón
Los años sesenta
by Álvaro Tirado MejiaUna revolución en la cultura. #Alvaro Tirado Mejía #historiador desdoblado en cronista# hahecho con este libro un sitio a la década del sesenta, cañoneándolapor todos sus flancos. La cultura y la economía, los movimientossociales y las insurrecciones políticas, la tolerancia y las costumbresmorales, la sexualidad y la lucha por los derechos civiles, no hayasunto de aquella década que no tenga su relato y análisis y noacabe entreverado en el macrorretrato de una época. Lo mejorde este libro es que nos desprovincianiza: Colombia aparece en elcentro pero, en realidad, es una periferia del mundo que tratabade entrar, por fin, a la modernidad. Un gran libro#.Óscar Collazos#Hacía falta un libro que analizara de manera tan completa eltremendo impacto de los años sesenta en Colombia. Alvaro TiradoMejía vivió lo que narra y con este texto dio en el clavo#.Enrique Santos Calderón
Los brujos del poder 3: Nuevo compendio del ocultismo y esoterismo en la política (Los brujos del poder #Volumen 3)
by José Gil OlmosLa relación entre políticos y brujos se remonta hasta el origen mismo de diversas sociedades alrededor del mundo. México no es una excepción y, tal como documenta José Gil Olmos, la serie de gobernantes proclives al susurro de la magia es larga. Las razones originales han cambiado desde el tiempo de reyes y reinas, emperadores, dictadores y señores feudales, pero incluso hoy los presidentes, gobernadores, mandos militares y hasta políticos menores acuden a pedir ayuda y protección a brujos, espíritus y chamanes. Figuras como Evo Morales, Hugo Chávez, Enrique Peña Nieto o Andrés Manuel López Obrador no sólo ambicionan ver el futuro, sino que aspiran a eliminar a sus oponentes o a volverse intocables durante su ejercicio público del poder. No desean ser legitimados, porque eso lo hace la democracia: quieren ser invencibles bajo el manto de lo sobrenatural. Prólogo de Julio Scherer García
Los brujos del poder: El ocultismo en la política mexicana (Los brujos del poder #Volumen 1)
by José Gil OlmosIncreíbles historias reales de esoterismo, política y poder. José Gil Olmos documenta la relación de personajes relevantes de la historia con brujos, espíritus y chamanes. Pásele al mercado del oscurantismo, lo místico, lo esotérico. Hay chamanes, hechiceros, espiritistas, masones, neurolingüistas, brujos, bao baos, curanderos. Atienden a todos por igual, pero tienen un público muy especial, que ha hecho de estos encuentros un ritual para la toma de decisiones o para mantener y expander su poder: los políticos. José Gil Olmos cuenta la historia de algunos políticos de los últimos cien años que han estado vinculados a estas prácticas (como Elba Esther Gordillo también conocida como La Maestra, Madero, Felipe Ángeles, Calles, los priistas, Francisco Barrio, Martha Sahagún o los yunquistas).