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Santillana Publishing Group Activities in the Final Days of the Book Fair<\/STRONG> B<\/SPAN>oth activities come with the Taurus publishing seal: a discussion on \u201cIll Fares the Land\u201d by the late British historian Tony Judt on Wednesday May 25 at the Pedro Mir Forum and the launch of \u201cOxidente. Acerca de la extinci\u00f3n del esp\u00edritu en la era de la posmodernidad\u201d (Occident. The Loss of Spirit in the Age of Post-modernism) by Le\u00f3n David, to be held on Wednesday June 1st in the Corripio Foundation. <\/P> Seg\u00fan los organizadores el contenido del texto de Judt tiene mucha pertinencia para la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana de hoy…<\/P> Resuscitating Collective Values and Political Commitment: Discussion on \u201cIll Fares the Land\u201d by British Historian Tony Judt<\/STRONG> To discuss the \u201cpassionate call to resuscitate collective values and political commitment,\u201d which describes the late Tony Judt\u2019s book \u201cIll Fares the Land,\u201d there will be a roundtable on Wednesday May 25th at 6:30 pm at the Pedro Mir Forum of the Cuesta Bookshop. <\/P> According to the organizers, there is a great deal in Judt\u2019s book that resonates in the Dominican Republic today in particular for those who wish to add their grain of sand toward building a more democratic society. <\/P>Lanzamiento de \u201cOxidente\u201d, el nuevo libro de Le\u00f3n David sobre el estado del esp\u00edritu humano en la era actual<\/STRONG> \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el rumbo real de nuestro tiempo: la ca\u00edda en pendiente hacia el abismo o el ascenso a las cumbres por mediaci\u00f3n del arte y la cultura? \u00bfAcaso el \u00f3xido es el signo de Occidente? Quiz\u00e1s somos testigos, simplemente, de la herrumbre y decadencia de la civilizaci\u00f3n occidental, o acaso los perfectos creadores de este drama.<\/SPAN> Launch of \u201cOxidente\u201d, Le\u00f3n David\u2019s New Book about the State of the Human Spirit in Today\u2019s World. <\/STRONG> These are the questions and reflections being mulled over these days, like a burning statement from Le\u00f3n David\u2019s new book published by Taurus, under the Santillana Group seal: Oxidente. <\/EM>Acerca de la extinci\u00f3n del esp\u00edritu en la era de la posmodernidad <\/EM>(Occident. The Loss of Spirit in the Age of Post-modernism). <\/P> The book launch will take place on Wednesday June 1st in the Events Hall of the Corripio Foundation (N\u00fa\u00f1ez de C\u00e1ceres St, near the corner with Kennedy), starting at 6:30 in the afternoon. The presentation will given by the poet C\u00e9sar Zapata. David\u2019s book is already available for purchase in bookshops at a price of $450 pesos. <\/P> <\/P> Santillana Publishing Group Activities in the Final Days of the Book FairDominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05\/19\/2011 Both activities come with the Taurus publishing seal: a discussion on \u201cIll Fares the Land\u201d by the late British historian Tony Judt on Wednesday May 25 at the Pedro Mir Forum and the launch of \u201cOxidente. Acerca de la … Continue reading “Santillana Publishing Group Activities in the Final Days of the Book Fair”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The activity is being organized by the Governability Network, a virtual debate group active since 2003, and the Taurus Publishing, part of the Santillana Group, which published the late British historian\u2019s book. Taking part in the debate are Faride Raful, a young politician, lawyer and PRD congressional candidate in recent elections; Pedro Luis Castellanos, member of the Citizens Forum and public policy expert; Javier Cabreja, Executive Director of Citizen Participation and Ram\u00f3n Tejada Holgu\u00edn, political analyst and moderator of the Network. <\/P>
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What is the real way forward in our time\u2026the steep fall into the abyss or the rise to the top through art and culture? Is rust the symbol of the West? Perhaps we are simply witnesses to the corrosion and decadence of western civilization or perhaps we are the perfect creators of this drama. <\/STRONG><\/P>
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