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La importancia de la vida y escritos de Tomás Moro no deja de crecer con el paso de los años. Nacido en 1478 en Londres, fue un importante pensador, abogado, político y humanista, y llegó a ser g…

Images of killer robots are the stuff of science fiction – but also, increasingly, of scientific fact on the battlefield. Should we be worried, or is this a normal development in the technology o…

Los bríos revolucionarios apenas se calmaban en el país, los constitucionalistas consiguieron promulgar una nueva Carta Magna para el país el 5 de febrero de 1917; apenas doce días después de que…

A spirit is haunting contemporary thought – the spirit of Hegel. All the powers of academia have entered into a holy alliance to exorcize this spirit: Vitalists and Eschatologists, Transcendental…

Esta biografía de José Félix Estigarribia escrita por la historiadora Anahí Soto Vera pretende, como ella misma lo dice, destacar algunos aspectos de la vida de quien fuera el conductor victorios…

What is knowledge? Why is it valuable? How much of it do we have (if any at all), and what ways of thinking are good ways to use to get more of it? These are just a few questions that are asked i…

Los brasileros tienen más poesía que todos nosotros juntos. Y no es cosa de Pelé o Neymar sino es algo de su propia lengua. Tampoco es el cantito o la musicalización que llevan consigo, aunque en…

As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. Cultural identity seems to offer a defensive wal…

Der Geist Gottes in den Gläubigen wirkt nach der ihm eigenen Gesetzmäßigkeit und Kraft. Es ist das Gesetz des Geistes des Lebens, das uns frei machen kann von dem Gesetz der Sünde und des Todes (…

Amb lúcida metàfora i amb una llengua clara i expressiva, Miquel-Lluís Muntané convida el lector a compartir a Frontisses. Mirades a una primavera les seves experiències i peripècies, viscudes e…

"Ocupo la cel·la 16 d'un bloc en què hi ha divuit presos polítics més. Aquí jo no tinc nom. Només soc un número en un expedient: K6,77" Així comença Lluitar amb el diable, de Ngũgĩ wa T…

The virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to …

First and Last Things by H. G. Wells <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular t…

Power rarely works by force alone: it also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes, and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological, or cultural leade…

We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: on…

Конечно, этот сборник - не попытка дотянуться до мировой славы Омара Хайяма или популярности Игоря Губермана у наших соотечественников. Просто сознание автора устроено так, что всякую мысль, пока…

The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for the…

Reality exists independently of human observers, but does the same apply to its structure? Realist ontologies usually assume so: according to them, the world consists of objects, these have prope…

This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over the centuries. By the mid-twentieth century, the …

Michael Walzer is one of the pre-eminent political theorists in the world today and also a prominent public intellectual. His conception of social justice and his work on just and unjust wars hav…