Este diccionario ha sido elaborado, en primer lugar, para servir, de apoyo a todo lector que desee iniciarse en los estudios filosóficos o necesite la explicación inmediata, clara y directa, de un término que no conoce. En una segunda lectura, este diccionario ayudará a que el lector sienta la necesidad de acercarse a los textos de los grandes filósofos para seguir reflexionando con ellos. Como todo concepto nos remite a un marco de ideas, conocer su verdadero significado implica plantearse los (...) problemas y entender por qué han surgido. El lector podrá consultar la explicación de los términos que le interesen y, desde esa consulta, hallar nuevos interrogantes para poder llegar a nuevas cuestiones. (shrink)

Should Justice be blind or should she instead be capable of seeing everything, even the human heart? José M. González García examines how the iconography of Justice evolved over the course of history. Providing an overview of depictions of Justice in various ages and places, the book mainly focuses on "The Blindfold Dispute" that began to develop during Renaissance. While at first the blindfold was perceived as unjust, precisely because it denied Justice the ability to see everything, it transformed just (...) a few years later into a positive symbol of the equality of all individuals before the law. And other depictions were added: supplementary eyes, transparent blindfolds, the double face of Janus, the returns of Astraea and the "Eye of the Law". The book also analyses important historic moments in which the crisis of the Law went along with a search for new forms of representing the gaze of Justice, as reflections on the art of Dürer, Klimt and Kafka show as well as recent developments in political philosophy"--Back cover. (shrink)