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On Reading Schmitt II: Pluri-versality

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Continuing on my reading of Schmitt‘s The Concept of the Political, I have a few comments. In section 6 Schmitt develops his notion of a pluri-versal world as opposed to a uni-versal one. Essentially, Schmitt refuses the idea of a global, uni-versal … Continue reading →

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Why Marx was Right… according to Terry Eagleton

Posted on July 16, 2011 by admin

In his latest book, Why Marx was Right, Terry Eagleton took Marx’s critics to task for what he believes have been years of wrongheaded misrepresentations. With that in mind, he takes the “ten most standard criticism of Marx”, and goes … Continue reading →

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Irlanda y la crisis socio-económica mundial

Posted on December 5, 2010 by admin

Paul Krugman publicó recientemente esta nota, aparecida originalmente en el sitio web EuroIntelligence.com, de su colega Kevin O’Rourke. Como explica Krugman en otra parte, luego de ser la tercera nación más libre del planeta (según la Fundación Heritage en el … Continue reading →

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Mistaking beauty for truth

Posted on September 7, 2009 by admin

In a recent article, just published by the New York Times magazine, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman relates how main-stream contemporary economic theory has, for many years now, been based on the wrong assumption that beauty equals truth. According to … Continue reading →

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More about chimps

Posted on July 14, 2008 by admin

A few weeks ago I posted a blog about a recent decision by Spain to grant certain rights to great apes and how, in my opinion, it illustrates that it is easier for some people to fight for animal rights … Continue reading →

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