La exposición se sitúa en el periodo postilustrado, a partir de Hegel. Bajo la influencia de este se desarrollará un pensamiento de alcance metafísico, en el que la ética y el sujeto ético se afirman como cuestión básica, hasta llegar a ser todo el asunto de la reflexión filosófica. En ese mismo tiempo, dentro del dominio y bajo la inspiración de las ciencias de la naturaleza, se desarrollará un tipo de pensamiento contrario al anterior, el del positivismo y neopositivismo, desconectado (...) de la metafísica, en el que la subjetividad y su mundo serán puestos en cuestión, dejados fuera del conocimiento o simplemente negados. (shrink)

Scholars have long maintained that Machiavelli's "The Prince" does not develop a single sustained argument but rather presents a set of disparate reflections; however, de Alvarez takes a different view. In "The Machiavellian Enterprise", he demonstrates that there is an internal consistency in "The Prince" built upon a key argument that has been previously overlooked. De Alvarez presents his bold and sophisticated argument in an accessible manner and incites debates and discussions that reshape the view of the western (...) tradition's most original political philosopher. (shrink)

This article seeks to identify the theoretical tools that supported Michel de Certeau's political discernment during the crisis of May 1968 in France. De Certeau's ability to elucidate the novelty and complexity of this event is linked to the intertwining of his experiences as a historian, traveller (voyageur), and Christian (specifically a Jesuit). De Certeau's articulation of a 'theology of difference' allowed him to construct the intellectual and spiritual tools that enabled a lucid discernment of May 1968. Through this theology, (...) derived from negative theology, de Certeau made the experience of faith operative at a moment of cultural crisis. The article also analyses possibilities involved in the ‘rupture’, that is, the fracture that is implied in modernity; in the notion of an event that highlights the deficiency of language, its incapacity to establish ‘a truthful communication’ in society; and the recognition of the poetic dimension of speech, which is capable of interweaving speech and action. The May 1968 event invites these elements mutually to redefine themselves. (shrink)