The purpose of this paper is to offer a reading of the sacrifice of Isaac (Gen. 22) from the perspective that Derrida offers in The Gift of Death in dialogue with Kierkegaard�s interpretation of the same biblical passage in Fear and Trembling. The main question guiding our intent points to the idea of responsibility in relation with the act of givi...
In The Gift of Death, Derrida offers a deconstructive interpretation of Kierkegaard´s Fear and Trembling that hinges on the notion of secrecy. Going beyond the Danish philosopher´s criticism of rationalism and idealism, Derrida unleashes a process that cannot be reduced to mere secularization and ends up challenging all of Western philosophy. / Dan...
This work attempts to show the intimate tie existing between the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi�s nonviolence and the practice of nonviolence as civil disobedience. We are going not only to deal that nonviolence and this civil disobedience in their basic features, highlighting the perplexity raised by nonviolence in its asymmetry and irreciprocity (with ...
Animal´s place in Thus Spoke Zarathustra has been usually reduced to certain symbolic displacements of anthropocentric tone: from this particular point of view, the Eagle represents (human) Pride; the Snake represents (human) Intelligence, and similarly for the rest of the animals. In this paper, I follow a different path to approach the subject, o...
El presente ensayo propone hacer una lectura del sacrificio de Isaac (Gén. 22) a partir de la reflexión que Derrida hace de este pasaje bíblico en Dar la muerte, en diálogo con la interpretación de Kierkegaard en Temor y temblor. La pregunta que guía nuestra lectura gira en torno a la responsabilidad en relación con el dar la muerte y el lenguaje e...
The current work discerns a cursed countenance from the sacrifice. The sacrifice has been idealized in love's name, as paradigm of its courage and heroism, meanwhile the culture has taken charge of dignifying the sacrificed feat as event in the love act. The addressee of this supreme immolation registers the production of the divine enjoyment as �a...
When Bodo Spranz wrote in the 1970’s about the figurines of Xochitecatl, he discussed that they were proto versions of Tlazolteotl and Xochiquetzal mexica deities. Therefore, they carried an allusion of fertility and sacrifice. Two decades later, the investigations of the site led to the systematic excavations of the Pirámide de las Flores. Seven E...
"En la década de los setenta, Bodo Spranz propuso que las figurillas de Xochitecatl eran antiguas versiones de las deidades mexicas Tlazolteotl y Xochitecatl. Consecuentemente, aludían a la fertilidad y al sacrificio. Dos décadas más tarde, la investigación del sitio llevó a excavaciones sistemáticas en la Pirámide de las Flores. Siete depósitos ri...
The effect of captive bolt pistol (PP) and knocked down by hammer (NM) on sensibility and pork quality was evaluated employing 28 commercial porks considering as co-variables the ante mortem rest (REP), and environmental moisture (HUM) and temperature (TEMP) during sacrifice. PSE carcasses presence was higher (P0.05) was observed in the pH and TEMP...
To raise the foundations of historical anthropology, we study first the terms of the debate, questioning the legitimacy and relevance of that discipline, then present the work of French anthropologist and historian, Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007), who revolutionized since 1960 the studies on ancient Greece. This analysis, which is not intended to ...
