Category Archives: Politics

On Religious Tolerance in Rhode Island

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

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 →

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Margin Call (2011), or a Report on the Banality of Greed

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

So far, few movies have been as successful as J. C. Chandor’s Margin Call (2011) in portraying the events of the 2008 economic crisis. In fact, the movie achieves something only a few among the best films in history have … Continue reading →

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En busca de El pez que fuma

Posted on December 14, 2011 by admin

Conversando el otro día con un compatriota que preparaba un curso sobre cine latinoamericano en una universidad de los Estados Unidos, a la pregunta: ¿qué película venezolana incluyes?, su respuesta automática fue “ninguna”. Luego, por supuesto, siguió la sentencia de rigor: … Continue reading →

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Eagleton on Occupy Herod’s Temple

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

The Guardian is carrying today a witty piece by Terry Eagleton on the Occupy London movement.  Since the London equivalent to Occupy Wall Street is “occupying” the emblematic St Paul Cathedral, one of the Church of England most iconic temples, Eagleton uses his piece to … Continue reading →

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On Reading Schmitt

Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin

I’m reading Carl Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political. Although familiar with his ideas, I confess that I have never read this his most-influential work before. And… well, so far I still don’t like it. Everything makes perfect sense, yes! But … Continue reading →

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1911: Bertrand Russell’s Miraculous Year

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin

A miracle of love At the end of August 1911, Bertrand Russell wrote a letter to his good friend Lucy Martin Donnelly in which he describes his emotional state as “happier than” he has ever been “for many years.” The … Continue reading →

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Žižek, Bosteels y Buck-Morss sobre cristianismo, activismo y ética

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

Como parte de la conferencia Communism, a New Beginning?, Slavoj Žižek, Bruno Bosteels y Susan Buck-Morss se reunieron hoy en Cooper Union, Nueva York, para discutir la intersección de la ética, la religión y la política en el marco de la … Continue reading →

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Terry Eagleton on faith

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

In a recent article, Terry Eagleton takes to task Westerners’ anxiety towards Islam. For him, what scares Western civilization about Islam is not suicide-bombers or building-crashing airplanes but the scandalous apprehension generated by a comeback to a world ruled by (religious) faith. Faith—or rather … Continue reading →

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Žižek y el londonazo

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin

Slavoj Žižek recién acaba de publicar este artículo donde comenta lo ocurrido en las pasadas semanas en las calles de Londres, que se ha visto convulsionada por saqueos y protestas violentas. Situación esta que, al parecer, fue incitada por el asesinato … Continue reading →

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Estética y Wittgenstein

Posted on August 10, 2011 by admin

Un poco en la misma tónica de mi comentario anterior, leía días atrás algunas notas sobre estética del filósofo austriaco Ludwig Wittgenstein. Las notas las recopilaron sus estudiantes de unas charlas que Wittgenstein diera en el verano de 1938. Aquí me refiero … Continue reading →

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