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Literary Theory and Paradigm: the Circulation of the Political Unconscious

, political philosophy, etc.). When the political unconscious circulates, it is not so much a literal concept that is transposed but a mode of visibility or a paradigm that establishes analogies between ... ; Teoría literaria Abstract Since Fredric Jameson proposed thinking about the political unconscious of literary narratives in 1981, the concept has frequently circulated in areas outside literary

Political philosophical elements on Cristóbal del Castillo’s Historia de la Conquista (1599)

little-known work occupies in the cultural world of New Spain.Keywords : Political Philosophy; History of Conquest; Cristóbal del Castillo; New Spain.

Philosophy and Logical Authority: The Vital Question for French Philosophy

Abstract This paper undertakes to delineate some important characteristics of 20th-century French philosophy. On the basis of the work of Frédéric Worms, we propose to read the young Derrida and his ... influences so as to show how the debate around the idea of life and the biological features of thought defines the profile of French philosophy. Indeed, it is this debate, and not some other thing, that

Philosophy and Logical Authority: The Vital Question for French Philosophy

Abstract This paper undertakes to delineate some important characteristics of 20th-century French philosophy. On the basis of the work of Frédéric Worms, we propose to read the young Derrida and his ... influences so as to show how the debate around the idea of life and the biological features of thought defines the profile of French philosophy. Indeed, it is this debate, and not some other thing, that

Poetry, myth and philosophy: close reading of Orides Fontela

This paper shows the inter-textual references in Orides Fontela’s poetic production in order to think the potential of the interface poetry/philosophy. A close-reading of the poem “Kant (Relido ... philosophical thesis in a poetic expression, but it answers poetically to the theoretical provocation of the philosophy. Orides Fontela’s poetic work allows us to discuss the problem of the poetic thinking

The aesthetics and hermeneutics of festive irruption: the devotion of Niñopa in Xochimilco

a representation of political resistance, a contra-hegemonic ritual practice. This research is highly relevant in the field of philosophy of liberation, in particular in the poetic-aesthetics and ... methodology, as in our study we will apply theoretical categories drawn from Enrique Dussel’s philosophy of liberation, Bolívar Echeverría’s philosophy of culture and anthropologist and ethnographer Félix

The Fuel for Neo-Nazism

holds. Political stability is hypothesized to be the root cause in far-right support in Germany (and lack thereof in Luxembourg), and the examples of Norway and Greece support this hypothesis. By ... ? Through an exploratory analysis of select European countries revealing the effects of political stability in recent years, one can understand the factors that create support for far-right extremist

The 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott: Politics and the Public

political statements in favor of their own systems. President Carter was able to use the belief many Americans held that the U.S.S.R. was to be defeated and delegeitimized at every step to support a boycott ... came true in 1896 when the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. De Coubertin’s vision was to foster international relations through sport that would transcend the petty political

Barbarian, enemy, friend: the foreigner between political construction and witness literature

​​hospitality (Derrida) as a model of human relationships prevails. Contrary to a positivist view, the enemy's perception and ethnic-religious divisions are mainly shaped as a political construction internal to

Hi, him I am (the poetic-political autobiography of André Luiz Pinto)

autobiographical writings become political through fractures that make us think of wounds that are inflicted to both family and community; intimate and public wounds, current and historical wounds. While the poetry ... demarcates a distinct political intrusion - the suburb and the slums -, which leads to repeteaded urgency in his poems: “Adolescence did not know/ that despite the confusion between prose/ and poetry, this is

VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHY: INFANCY

Abstract This essay draws some lines on the relationship between infancy and philosophy. Socrates and Lyotard are the two mains inspiring figures. The former, as an infant of philosophy, who gave an ... infancy, not only chronological, to philosophy, as way of life. The later, with his concept of infantia, as a form of the inhuman that accompanies every human being in his whole life. From these two

VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHY: INFANCY

Abstract This essay draws some lines on the relationship between infancy and philosophy. Socrates and Lyotard are the two mains inspiring figures. The former, as an infant of philosophy, who gave an ... infancy, not only chronological, to philosophy, as way of life. The later, with his concept of infantia, as a form of the inhuman that accompanies every human being in his whole life. From these two

VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHY: INFANCY

This essay draws some lines on the relationship between infancy and philosophy. Socrates and Lyotard are the two mains inspiring figures. The former, as an infant of philosophy, who gave an infancy ... infancy, not only chronological, to philosophy, as way of life. The later, with his concept of infantia, as a form of the inhuman that accompanies every human being in his whole life. From these two

A Century of Identity-Based Resistance: The Evolution of Islamism as a Political Movement

This research analyzes the evolution of Islamism, or political Islam, from its roots as a backlash to Western imperialism in the Middle East to its manifestation as Arab Nationalism up to 1967 to its ... , or holy war, against religious dissidents. The reality, however, is not so straightforward: the movement we know today as Islamism is the latest incarnation of a string of political movements in the

The WWI Middle East: Western Intervention and Modern-Day Political Conflict

reveals the agreements as demonstrative of deeper patterns of political power and strategy in the Middle East that persist today. This paper moreover compares the Middle East with the European colonization ... intensity of Arab claims to Palestine, demonstrating early stages of modern political attitudes and catalysts to the conflict of the modern day Middle East. The second pact made by Britain concerning the

A Critical Analysis of Amelioration and Inclusion by Katherine Jenkins

Jenkins Braden S. Ritchey 0 0 Part of the Applied Ethics Commons , Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Feminist, Gender Follow this and additional works at: https ... , (2) cis women would gain more power in the political sphere, and (3) it would invite all women to abandon their identity as a woman since it articulates “a negative ideal that challenges male dominance

A Close Look at the Relationship Between Poverty and Political Violence in Nepal

from the aftermath of the Maoist insurgency. This paper will seek to understand the role of poverty in the historically and presently unfolding political environment of Nepal. Several factors show direct ... caste, and to whom literacy is not a foreign concept. Nepal’s violent political environment is not a result of its brutal history, but rather its brutal poverty. Nepal has been an independent kingdom for

Taking Down Descartes Trademark: An objection to Descartes Ontological Argument

would know with certainty that I, as a philosophy major, could not be the total or efficient cause of the blueprint. I know I am not the creator of the blueprint because I don’t have the knowledge ... taking it apart using his own terms. What if I wanted to reject a point mentioned above-namely, that as a philosophy major, I lack the knowledge required to make a blueprint for a NASA supercomputer - but

Derrida: Translation, Testimony and “Otobiography”

impossibility of this translation, narrated from the philosophy of these four authors.Keywords : Translation; testimony; confession; writing of the self; Verstellung.

Baudelaire, philosopher of history?

This article discusses some aspects of Baudelaire’s philosophy of history: his polemic against the idea of progress; his theory of decadence; his faith in the inevitability of sin.Keywords