The beginning is Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus logico-philosophicus”, in 1922, and the end comes with his final notes, written between 1949 and 27 April, 1951, two days before his death. Sean Sheehan These last notes were brought together in book form and given the title “On Certainty”. New translations of […]
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Crisis, war and coercion in Latin America
These events expose an escalation of violence and coercion exerted by the United States on the region. Military interventions, threats against Latin American governments and the complicity of local authorities create a scenario of systematic abuse that feeds popular discontent and the will to resist. Gustavo Espinoza M […]
A multicultural society that refuses to accept difference
The same modernity that fosters fragmentation and cultural variety falters when it comes to recognising the legitimacy of the “other” in its metropolises. Western society faces a paradox. On the one hand, a product of it’s own capitalist dynamic, society has developed greater diversification of products and styles and personalisation […]
Theocratic democracy, prosocial change and debate
Materialism, physicalism, purposeless, as envisaged by Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, or Daniel Dennett, need not have the last word. It is not Social Darwinism of the violent superman, but the conscious voluntary taking on of empathy and connection that is crucial. Nigel Pocock There seems to […]
Trump and his authoritarian and anti-immigrant agenda
Executive orders, migratory repression and the elimination of inclusion policies mark Donald Trump’s second term. Activists denounce a witch-hunt against immigrant communities while the president combines political vengeance, democratic backsliding and a racial narrative that deepens fear and uncertainty.















