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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Las brujas de Macbeth I
En su libro sobre William Shakespeare, Terry Eagleton adelanta la ingeniosa tesis de que las brujas de Macbeth constituyen una suerte de célula revolucionaria cuyo objetivo no es otro que el de subvertir el orden social del antiguo reino escocés … Continue reading
Posted in Literatura, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion, Terry Eagleton
Tagged Eagleton, Lacan, Literatura, Macbeth, Obscene juissance, teatro, teoría crítica, William Shakespeare
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On Religious Tolerance in Rhode Island
The question of whether religion has a place in civic life has been a constant source of controversy since the emergence of modern liberal-democratic societies—since it was within them that this very notion of civic or public life first came … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion, Religion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged church and state separation, Foucault, Kant, philosophy, religion
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Dickens and Happiness
About Charles Dickens fellow-writer George Orwell said once that the former probably was the only “among modern writers” who ever gave “a convincing picture of happiness.” Orwell was referring to Dickens’ most famous story—A Christmas Carol—in which the Cratchits, the … Continue reading