[OPIRG-EVENTS] REMINDER: An Octopus Book Launch with Cristina Rojas- TOMORROW

[Octopus Books <octopusbooks@cyberus.ca>]

WHat: An Octopus Book Launch with Cristina Rojas
When: Thursday, March 21, 7-9pm
Where: Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave.
Why: To celebrate her new book, and learn more about Colombia.
Read on!

Octopus Book Presents
Cristina Rojas
Carleton University,
  Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Hear her talk about her new book
Civilization & Violence: Regimes of Representation in Nineteenth-Century 
Colombia
(University of Minnesota Press)
Thursday March 21, 2002
Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave.
7pm-9pm  FREE!!!

Civilization and violence are not necessarily the antagonists we 
presume  with civilization taming violence, and violence unmaking 
civilization.   Rojas develops a new way of understanding not just the 
history of Colombia, but also broader narratives of civilization.
March 21st in International Day Against Racism.  Part of defeating reacism 
is education.  Come & learn more with us.
Wheelchair accessible, although the washrooms are not.
www.octopusbooks.org for more information, or phone 233-2589.


Critical thinking for over 30 years
Now on the world wide web
join us at http://www.octopusbooks.org


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