In a western world premised on a culture of denial of differences, is a concept of ‘national character’ meaningful? Or a basis for harmful stereotyping? Can we learn anything constructive about differences, if, indeed, they exist? . Nigel Pocock . Studies of neurogenesis and synaptogenesis (the life-long generation of new […]
Author: The Prisma
The other, the same
I woke up this morning wondering what the best way to die would be. I’d been reading about it in Che Guevara’s Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, and Che himself had read about it in Jack London’s To Build a Fire. I’d discovered London’s book a while back being […]
Towards Latin American multiculturalism
Proposals like the plurinational state in Evo Morales’ Bolivia and the incorporation of elements of the indigenous world-view like ‘sumac causay‘ (good living) in Latin American political discourse, marks a shift toward political multiculturalism in Latin America. .Claudio Chipana G. . Multicultural reality is nothing new, it not a […]
The role of philosophy and Marx’s 11th theses
Only a radical knowledge, like philosophy, can provoke an equally radical change. Sure, not all philosophy is equal, and not all philosophers are interested in a transformation as stated by Marx. But the bottom line is the kind of philosophy that you are professing. Claudio Chipana In an […]
Juan Carlos Piedra, a leader by conviction and action
“I long to see my community, visible, strong and fully integrated in English society.” There are few examples like the one of Ecuadorian Juan Carlos Piedra in London. After his arrival at the English capital in 2002, one of this cleaner’s objectives was to organize the Ecuadorian community in London, […]
















