In Memoriam David Viñas (1927-2011)
Este texto es un íntimo homenaje a David Viñas; homenaje que no busca una forma acartonada, rígida o formal que probablemente su nombre y fi gura en algún momento acrediten.…
Current Events /Actualized
Revolution in Arabic: Staging Collective Will
Revolución en árabe: la voluntad colectiva en escena
Satellite publics became aware of Arab popular revolutions only after the rise of the Egyptian youth against the senile autocracy of Hosni Mubarak on the 24th of January 2011. There…
Notes From the Egyptian Revolution
There are so many aspects to the personality of the Egyptian revolution that would have resonated with Edward Said’s thoughts, exemplifi ed his ideas, his way of being, and what…
The Democratic Myth And Other Obaminations
When Albert Camus writes in his collection of essays known as the Myth of Sisyphus, “consciousness and revolt are the contrary of renunciation”, he refers to the idea of a…
A lo mejor debiera uno callarse…
A lo mejor debiera uno callarse. Pero no. Todavía no. Por lo menos todavía no. Estoy viviendo un reverdecimiento en el mejor sentido, una reniñez, una espontaneidad que casi no…
Confesión del araucano. In memoriam Gonzalo Rojas
Debe haber sido a finales de enero de este 2011, la última vez que hablé con Gonzalo Rojas por teléfono. Gracias a su amiga-lectora y editora Fabienne Bradu en cuya…
Future Minds
Mentes por venir
Richard Watson is a writer and speaker who advises organizations on the future, focusing particularly on the impact of trends on long-term strategy. He has worked on scenario planning, research…
Después del Nobel: El Aleph Vargas Llosa
Tras darse a conocer el fallo de la Academia Sueca, el Perú se volvió una fiesta; y paso seguido se elevó al autor a la categoría de orgullo nacional. Con…
Does Atheism Poison Everything?
¿El ateísmo lo envenena todo?
David Berlinski: The proposition before us is atheism poisons everything. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m perfectly aware, and you should be too, that that proposition is fully compatible with the proposition…
Democracy: A Noble But Sluggish Horse We Need the Sting of Critical Reasoning…
Martha Nussbaum (1947, New York), one of the most important intellectuals of our time, has been a leading figure in the world of political philosophy in North America. She has…
A New Episode in the Saga of the Bhutto Dynasty: Writing Is a Tyrannical Exercise…
Fatima Bhutto, a member of Pakistan’s most prominent political dynasty, has written a personal account of the tumultuous events of the past decade. The World Affairs Council, one of Houston’s…
La democracia a prueba
Traducción al español por David Medina Portillo Durante décadas los teóricos de la política han considerado que el crecimiento de la clase media es la clave para una democratización exitosa.…
