La pluma y la represión

Just as philosophy begins with doubt, life worthy of being called human begins with irony. This quote by Kierkegaard leads an essay that traces a journey through irony and its uses from Socrates to Foster Wallace, up to its use in our societies marked by "mass public conversation."

The Callender brothers, members of the Bloodhound club, do not believe what they are told until they see it for themselves. They possess a great curiosity and adventurous spirit. For this reason, they don't remain calm when they attend the inauguration of the exhibition of the famous Papyrus of Turin and find that it has disappeared.

Book offers a close philosophical look at José Enrique Rodó's ARIELISM, an important component of modernism in Latin American history. The images of Ariel and Caliban come to life as the author analyz-es Rodó's book, Ariel, in context of history and literature. In the face of general Latin American failure, the author looks for answers in cultural mechanisms which are inherent to Latin American history.

La doctrina de Confucio: Filosofía, Moral y Política de la China. Estos cuatro libros, que Confucio no redactó personalmente, son el canon de su escuela, también conocida como “de los Letrados”. Frente al individualismo anarquizante del taoísmo, el confucianismo representa la dimensión social del hombre, cuya moralidad viene definida por el deber, la posición y la función, ya sea en la familia o en el Estado. Se trata de textos, en fin, que demuestran que la historia y la cultura chinas son tan incomprensibles sin las doctrinas de Confucio como las europeas sin la filosofía...