Crítica, psicoanálisis y emancipación

María Lugones, one of the premiere figures in feminist philosophy, has at last collected some of her most famous essays, as well as some lesser-known gems, into her first book, Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes. A deeply original essayist, Lugones writes from her own perspective as an inhabitant of a number of different "worlds." Born in Argentina but living for a number of years in the United States, she sees herself as neither quite a U.S. citizen, nor quite an Argentine. An activist against the oppression of Latino/a people by the dominant U.S. culture, she is also an academic participating in the ...

He aqui un analisis de los limites y las posibilidades de la democracia que, sin duda, se convertira en un clasico de la literatura politica del siglo XX. El autor se propone explicar en este texto algo que resulta sencillo solo en apariencia: que es la democracia y por que es tan importante. De este modo, el autor empieza examinando los presupuestos basicos de la teoria democratica, luego considera las objeciones realizadas por algunos de sus criticos, y finalmente propone una reelaboracion teorica en una totalidad renovada y coherente, comentando a la vez las direcciones en las que podran...

"El camino de la meditacion y de la espiritualidad no significa retirarse del mundo por frustracion o por miedo, sino que es un proceso habil para aprender a estar en el mundo pero por encima del mundo. Se puede vivir en el mundo y sin embargo ser espiritual. No necisitas renunciar al mundo." La coleccion concisa de las ensenanzas de Swami Rama sirve de guia practica para el que busca la espiritualidad. La practica espiritual lleva al aspirante hacia experiencias interiores de divinidad que le permiten alcanzar la meta de la vida.

Translated into English for the first time, the letters collected here bring to life one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. In letters written over forty years, we see how his ideas and relationships developed during his time as a prisoner of war, a school teacher, an architect and throughout his years at Cambridge. Always frank and often brutally honest, these letters between Wittgenstein, his brother Paul and his three sisters, Hermine, Margaret and Helene are filled with a familiarity and an intimacy. They allow us to enter the bygone world of an...