Conjunctions and Disjunctions
by Octavio Paz
On This Page
Description
Exploring the duality of human nature in all its variations in cultures around the world.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Aunque nunca de una manera explícita y sistemática, muchas veces se han estudiado las relaciones entre los signos que orientan la vida de las civilizaciones. Hay una suerte de combinatoria de los signos centrales de cada civilización, y de la relación entre esos signos depende, hasta cierto punto, el carácter de cada sociedad e incluso su porvenir.
Aug 28, 2021Spanish
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
321+ Works 9,885 Members
Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City, Mexico on March 31, 1914. In 1938, he became one of the founders of the journal, Taller. In 1943, he travelled to the United States on a Guggenheim Fellowship where he became immersed in Anglo-American Modernist poetry. He entered the Mexican diplomatic service in 1945 and was sent to France then India. In show more 1968, he resigned from the diplomatic service in protest against the government's suppression of the student demonstrations during the Olympic Games in Mexico. He was a poet and an essayist. His works include The Labyrinth of Solitude, The Grammarian Monkey, East Slope, and The Other Mexico. He received numerous awards including the Cervantes award in 1981, the American Neustadt Prize in 1982, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. He also worked as an editor and publisher. He founded two magazines dedicated to the arts and politics: Plural and Vuelta. He died of cancer on April 19, 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Work Relationships
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Conjunciones y Disyunciones
- Original publication date
- 1969
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 128 — Philosophy & psychology Epistemology (how do you know what you know?) Humankind
- LCC
- HQ21 .P2813 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 106
- Popularity
- 304,913
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- 5 — English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 1
