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Eagleton on Marx being right

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin

I’ve been working on this review of Terry Eagleton’s book On Evil for a while now, but haven’t been able to finish yet—the truth is that teaching and other job-related responsibilities have kept me awfully busy as of lately. Anyway, … 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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Foucault, la gobernanza y las putas de Pantaleón

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

Recién vi la película Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999) del director peruano Francisco J. Lombardi. La película está basada en la novela (del mismo título) del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa. En unas pocas líneas, la película … Continue reading →

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Carl Sagan on the importance of supporting basic scientific research

Posted on May 21, 2008 by admin

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch this old video of a hearing where late astronomer Carl Sagan spoke about the importance of funding basic scientific research. I have been a huge fan of Sagan all my life since the … Continue reading →

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