The 20th century saw two great world wars. It was a century of crisis, as it was also of change and progress. However, he will be remembered for two huge human tragedies, in which groups of people tried to annihilate specific ethnic groups. This is the case of the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust.The Armenian Testament is a historical novel in which the circumstances, characters and places are collected, as well as the political motivations that gave rise to the so-called "Armenian Genocide" between 1915 and 1916. The protagonist is a fictional character, like many those that appear throughout …

A reflection on the fragile banking sector nowadays and the possibility of progressing towards a system of public and safe money, issued by the Central Bank.

Miguel A. Fernández Ordóñez introduces his text with a quote from Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England: «Among all ways of organizing the banking system, the one that we have today is the worst.»

Ordóñez shares his opinion and he proposes a radical change within the banking system: a Central Bank which would be the only one authorized to create money. His reform would allow families and companies to deposit …

En este GLOSARIO destacados juristas de las Universidades más antiguas de Europa –como Bolonia, Oxford, Salamanca, Padua, París, Pisa y Heidelberg– analizan la actualidad del Derecho privado europeo a partir de una cuidada selección de términos jurídicos y principios generales claves, expresados en latín y producidos por el Derecho romano. No se trata de resucitar sin más la vieja experiencia jurídica; se trata de explicar y dar a valer un vocabulario jurídico universalmente reconocido, además de precisar el significado de las palabras como instrumentos de trabajo del ars boni et aequi. Son palabras básicas, determinantes del lenguaje jurídico que hoy …

Esta tesis doctoral versa sobre el estudio de la construcción de la atribución del significado en la diseminación de la ciencia en la prensa británica a través del análisis de los recursos utilizados por el periodista para integrar en su narración de los hechos científicos lo que otras fuentes externas han dicho. El fenómeno de la atribución en el discurso académico, científico y de los medios de comunicación se ha descrito previamente desde una perspectiva interpersonal mediante el análisis de la evaluación y de la teoría de la valoración (‘appraisal’). Además, otras investigaciones previas se han centrado también en el …

This historic novel tells the story of how the legendary Erik the Red led his men to a land of plenty where they built a nation: Greenland. Later, Leif, like his father before him, will also guide his people to a sweeping and much more bountiful land which, centuries later, would come to be called America. It is a tale of the challenges of that savage and indomitable world, as well as their struggle against nature and, above all, the Algonquin. Arturo Ortega Blake sets out their customs, dress, and mythology, and even their codes of honor, world view and …

This book treats many complex topics such as the relationship between brain and consciousness, the 'Chinese Room' argument, and Searle's aesthetic and political ideas.
This is NOT the typical interview book, filled with self-indulgence and old-time stories. Mr. Faigenbaum uses his deep knowledge of Searle's developments to discuss the central aspects of his work, shedding light on the key role Searle played in 20th century philosophy. Thorough but also entertaining, a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand the underlying tension in current philosophical ideas. The book also includes many revealing stories and facts about Searle's years …

This book explores the nature of human language, its relation to truth and to the natural laws of the universe. It focuses on truth according to DaVita (non-dualism), and concentrates mainly on the Sanskrit language. The author draws on his long experience as a student and teacher of both DaVita and Sanskrit. He identifies some principles of Advaita which are particularly relevant to human language, such as the primacy of consciousness, unity in diversity, and sound as the basis of the universe. He then compares Sanskrit, English and Mandarin in the light of these principles. What follows is an investigation …

Originally published in Spanish as Voto de tinieblas, this is a translation by Kieran Tapsell. Among the stories and characters of Vow of Darkness it unfolds a reflection around the prohibitions and dangers that a nun living the confused and violent period of independence from Spain must face when she decides to be a writer in a world where writing is an exclusively male activity.
Alongside these adventures is woven a reflection about personal and collective memory. It outlines how the indigenous population extinguishes destroyed by war, smallpox and shame. And yet, there are characters trying to give sense to their …

Esta tesis doctoral versa sobre los Derechos Humanos de Tercera Generación, en especial referencia al Derecho al Desarrollo. Tratase de un abordaje propositiva con respecto a la contribución del Poder Judicial para el desarrollo socio-económico, a partir de una perspectiva interdisciplinario entre el neoinstitucionalismo económico y algunas divisiones del Derecho, especialmente el Internacional Público, Constitucional y Procesal Civil, con algunas incursiones en la Filosofía del Derecho.

Algunas ideas claves son presentadas con resalto de la importancia y valorización de los Derechos Humanos, como la de considerar que la existencia digna del hombre en la faz de la tierra está inexorablemente condicionada …

This book accounts for the process of emergence and constitution of the human rights movement and discourse during the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). Central to this account is the contention that the movement's emergence and constitution should not be understood as a necessary or as a natural response to the atrocities carried out by the last military regime, but instead as the result of a contingent process of political articulation and as a response which could have failed in its constitution and success.Thus, the appearance of the human rights movement and discourse in the country can only be …