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[Spanish] - La era de las revoluciones: Avances y retrocesos desde 1600 hasta nuestros días
"«Pocos pensadores pueden captar la complejidad de este momento, pero Fareed Zakaria lo hace con maestría». The Wall Street Journal A lo largo de la historia moderna, las revoluciones han impulsado las libertades y el progreso, pero también han suscitado violentas reacciones en contra. En La era de las revoluciones, Fareed Zakaria traza un ambicioso recorrido por los grandes momentos de transformación que han configurado el mundo contemporáneo, desde el surgimiento del liberalismo hasta las inestabilidades que hoy amenazan con hacerlo retroceder. El relato arranca en la República Holandesa del siglo XVII, primera superpotencia moderna y refugio de la libertad individual, cuyas ideas se propagaron en Inglaterra con la Revolución Gloriosa. Continúa con la Revolución francesa, ejemplo del peligro que entrañan los cambios radicales impuestos desde arriba, y con la Revolución Industrial, la «madre de todas las revoluciones», que empujó a Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos al liderazgo global, al tiempo que sembraba profundas divisiones sociales y políticas. La globalización, la transformación tecnológica, la política identitaria y el retorno de la rivalidad entre las grandes potencias constituyen las grandes revoluciones de nuestro tiempo. Y ya nos están enfrentando a enormes retos. Ante el auge de la furia populista, el deterioro de las democracias y la amenaza del tribalismo, el autor lanza una importante advertencia: la gran fortaleza del liberalismo -liberar a los individuos- puede convertirse también en su mayor debilidad si su avance deja tras de sí un vacío moral y social, porque es en ese vacío donde prosperan los movimientos reaccionarios. La crítica ha dicho: «Un libro indispensable para entender el mundo actual. Fareed Zakaria aborda la cuestión central de nuestra era: ¿cuáles son las causas de los drásticos cambios sociales que estamos atravesando y de las reacciones políticas a las que asistimos? Conectando cinco siglos de historia con una profunda comprensión de nuestras preocupaciones actuales, Zakaria muestra cómo interactúan entre sí las transformaciones tecnológicas, económicas y políticas. El resultado es una fascinante mirada sobre la historia y una inspiradora visión de futuro». Walter Isaacson «Pocos pensadores pueden captar la complejidad de este momento, pero Fareed Zakaria lo hace con maestría». The Wall Street Journal «Muy poderoso [ ] El libro de Zakaria hace que los lectores se sientan afortunados de poder formar parte del viaje glorioso y continuado del liberalismo. Entiende que los liberales no podemos limitarnos a ofrecer beneficios económicos; también tenemos que pronunciarnos a favor de nuestro modo de vida a través de lo espiritual y lo cívico». The New York Times «Increíblemente ambicioso. La era de las revoluciones salva con éxito la brecha entre la lectura generalista y la especializada. Es accesible y tiene una perspectiva fresca, que no es poco». Financial Times «Zakaria cree que podemos progresar y que, de hecho, lo hacemos. Pero desconfía de la premisa de que la historia se dirige hacia un progreso humano cada vez mayor ». New Yorker «¡Hay tanto en él! Me veía subrayando pasaje tras pasaje, y dato tras dato. Se ganan diez puntos de coeficiente intelectual leyendo este libro». Nicholas Kristof"
Fareed Zakaria (Author), Víctor Sabi (Narrator)
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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
"Brought to you by Penguin. The international best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers and an international system studded with catastrophic risk — the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end? In this major new work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates eras that have shattered and shaped humanity. Four such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in seventeenth-century Netherlands a series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in thew world — and created modern politics as we know it today. The ‘Glorious Revolution’ in Britain showed that major political change could happen peacefully. Next, the French Revolution, a dramatic decade and a half that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us to this day. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Britain and the U.S. to global dominance and created the modern world. Against these paradigm-shifting historical eras, Zakaria describes our current situation, unpacking the four revolutions we are living through now; in globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. As few public intellectuals can, Zakaria combines intellectual range, deep historical insight, and uncanny prescience to reframe and illuminate a turbulent present. ©2024 Fareed Zakaria (P)2024 Penguin Audio"
Fareed Zakaria (Author), Fareed Zakaria (Narrator)
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
"Brought to you by Penguin. Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. September 11, 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and - most of all - COVID-19. Each was an asymmetrical threat, different from anything the world had experienced before. Fareed Zakaria presents ten surprising, hopeful and vital lessons for recovery in our age of asymmetry. He highlights the importance of investing in healthcare and education, harnessing technology and how to react to America's retreat from leadership on the world stage. COVID-19 has made the old categories of left vs right, democracy vs dictatorship and big vs small government obsolete and highlighted what should have always been the obvious challenge to populism - good government. Sheer competence made all the difference in those countries which dealt with the pandemic best. The future belongs to the smart state. Zakaria's final lesson is to accept the reality of globalization and acknowledge that global crises need international cooperation and global solutions. He passionately argues that we need to continue listening to experts and scientists to tackle climate change. We need to resist our nationalist and isolationist instincts to fight inequality and recognise that we actually have more in common than not. He believes that Aristotle was right - we are social beings with community embedded in our human nature. We want to gather and work, eat, pray, love and mourn together. More than anything we need to build a new world together. © Fareed Zakaria 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020 THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT."
Fareed Zakaria (Author), Fareed Zakaria (Narrator)
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
"More democracy means more freedom. Or does it? American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a set of privileges to which citizens are entitled, no matter what the majority says. By restricting our democracy, we enhance our freedom. Abroad, the spread of democracy has not produced a corresponding growth of liberty. We are seeing in many parts of the world, a strange creature—the elected autocrat. Zakaria calls for a restoration of the balance between liberty and democracy and shows how liberal democracy has to be made effective and relevant for our times. A modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, The Future of Freedom enjoyed extended stays on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller lists and has been translated into eighteen languages."
Fareed Zakaria (Author), Ned Schmidtke (Narrator)
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