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Orientālistika: Cilvēkzināšana un Āzijas aktualitātes (Latvijas Universitātes Raksti, 819. sējums)
2021
INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND POLITICS UN WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE COMMON AND THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
2009
The common and the distinctive features in the interaction between religion and politics in Western and Eastern Europe are discussed in the paper. At the beginning, the relative, flowing character of the concepts used is outlined, and the difficulties are indicated in making generalizations, since Europe sees great diversity regarding the involvement of religions in politics. The author also outlines the causes for greater interest of religious groups in politics – a large number of religious practitioners refuse to acquiesce with the place allocated for religion in the private space, where it was positioned by the Enlightenment. In the civil society, which strives to facilitate the partici…
Necesidad de gobernanza política: La esfera política como articuladora y garante en la teoría walzeriana
2014
Tomando como pretexto la teoría política de Walzer, el presente artículo pretende mostrar la necesidad de política en los tiempos y sociedades actuales. A pesar de lo depauperada y defenestrada que ésta pudiera parecer, sigue siendo necesario articular su papel en nuestras sociedades y mostrar su rol clave para librarnos de problemas tan omnipresentes como puede ser la corrupción en nuestros días. Para ello trataremos de indagar en cuál es el papel de la política y cómo es su relación con la sociedad civil y otras esferas de actuación, poniendo en valor su necesidad.
Religion and Civil Society: Theoretical Reflections
2013
Using World Values Survey data, this chapter begins with the global distinctiveness of European societies in terms of both religious vitality and support for the public role of religion. They exhibit a secularity that has been challenged in recent years by an unexpected return of religion as a contentious public issue. The chapter then asks, which theories in the social sciences can help to think constructively through the challenges of religion and civil society in such media-rich, religiously diverse, consumer-oriented secularised societies? It begins with sociology of religion, arguing that while secularisation and rational choice theories shed light on some developments, their conceptua…
The healing from another paradigm: neoshamanisms and its global emergency in the Spanish case
2021
Resumen Entre la multitud de medicinas y terapias alternativas presentes en el mundo Occidental, el neochamanismo es una de las que, en la actualidad, ha despertado mayor interés y que se sitúa entre las nuevas formas espirituales y los procesos de patrimonialización fruto de la modernidad globalizada. En este artículo se muestra el proceso de reconfiguración de prácticas y conocimientos ancestrales, -etiquetados como chamánicos- y cómo éstos constituyen una respuesta adaptativa en la búsqueda de nuevos espacios vitales y de experiencias colectivas que den sentido a la existencia en el contexto occidental. Desde el caso español y tomando la Comunidad Valenciana como unidad de análisis, nos …
“La victoria de la técnica”, según Ortega y Gasset (una alternativa a Heidegger)
2013
ABSTRACT Ortega y Gasset's "Mediation on Technique" is part of his historical diagnostic of modern and contemporary life, wich we can resume by means of the expression "the victory of technique". But, secondly, Ortegian reflections upon technique is decisive for understanding human being, its reason and universal history. And, thirdly, it represents an alternative to the herdeggerian way, not only in relation to technique, but to philosophical thinking in general, although wothout accepting naturalism as way out. RESUMEN “Meditacion de la tecnica” de Ortega y Gasset forma parte del diagnostico historico de la vida moderna y contemporanea, que puede resumirse mediante la expresion “la victo…
Beyond Scientific Objectivity : Knowing about Right and Wrong
2007
Our way of seeing things depends upon the state of our minds. We can look at the world through the lenses of love, hate or indifference. What remains largely unquestioned about science is its essence. Scientific objectivity is not free from subjectivity. I argue that objective, scientific knowledge is a partial knowledge based on indifference, the state of mind that constitutes the scientific attitude. Hate does not produce knowledge at all, but reinforces our prejudices. However, love gives the possibility of knowing someone or something fully, and not only as an object. Once we accept that our experiences, thoughts, and feelings are not incommunicable, we can arrive at inter-subjective an…
La mia casa è il mio Paradiso. Note su alcuni racconti di Aḥmad Bašīr al-'Ayla
2022
Aḥmad Bašīr al-'Ayla is one of the most prolific and versatile author of Contemporary Palestinian literary landscape. Although he is probably best known for his long poetic career, he is also a journalist, a novelist, a script editor, a radio producer and a short story writer. In 2016 he published his first collection of short stories entitled Al-ḥabl allaḏī tadallā min al-samā’ (The rope hanging from the sky). The stories included in this work are mainly set in Bengazi, which is the city where the author lives since he was a child, and they focus on the tragedy of war and its disasters, first of all the loss and distruction of houses and buildings. In such a tragic context the concept of “…
Maurizio Galimberti. Il viaggio, la Sicilia, Gibellina
2021
Il contributo è dedicato al lavoro del fotografo Maurizio Galimberti sulle architetture e le opere d'arte della città di Gibellina nuova e dei ruderi di Gibellina vecchia. Galimberti interpreta con rara sensibilità l’unicità del fascino di questa città rasa al suolo dal terremoto della Valle del Belìce del 1968. ricostruita 20 km più a valle cogliendo le suggestioni dell’incontro tra cultura e natura, arte e rovine. Attraverso le fotografie selezionate per il libro d'artista intitolato "Gibellina" Galimberti dialoga così con artisti di caratura internazionale tra cui Alberto Burri, Fausto Melotti, Alessandro Mendini. The contribution is dedicated to the work of the photographer Maurizio Gal…
Esse.Re (nel) mondo. Arti visive e rinascita dal 1966 a oggi
2022
Nel complesso quadro distopico della pandemia il saggio prende in esame il progetto espositivo e curatoriale .RE, mostra che non si limita a presentare le ricerche di una selezione di artisti tra i più influenti dei nostri tempi ma si focalizza sull’urgente necessità di problematizzare le dicotomie arte/vita, azione/contemplazione, arte/anti-arte, nella prospettiva di una riflessione critica intorno a una raccolta di opere innovative, tanto nel metodo quanto nel contenuto. Vengono esaminate le opere più significative delle ricerche condotte da Alberto Burri, Saint Clair Cemin, Tony Cragg, Zang Hong Mei, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Sol LeWitt, Emil Lukas, Mimmo Paladino, Claudio Parmiggiani, …