Category: Volume 2

Samuel SteinbergDenison university * editing and publication by 17, instituto de estudios críticos Volume 2, 2012 That is what the word “emancipation” means:the blurring of the boundary between those who act and thosewho look; between individualsand members of a collective body.—Jacques Rancière[1] I insist: fraternity is the real manifestation ofthe new world, and hence of the...

Jelica SumicUniversity of Nova Gorica. institute of philosophy of the scientific research center, Slovenian academy of sciences and arts * editing and publication by 17, instituto de estudios críticos Volume 2, 2012 It is one of Lacan’s rather startling statements that we find the formulation that will guide us: “I do not say ‘politics is the...

Joan CopjecCenter for the study of psychoanalysis and culture, university of Buffalo * editing and publication by 17, instituto de estudios críticos Volume 2, 2012 A zigzag path carved into a hill winds from base to crest, where it is crowned by a lushly-leafed tree standing solitary and upright like a kind of hieratic bouquet: this...

Carlos Monsiváis * editing and publication by 17, instituto de estudios críticos Volume 2, 2012 Las fotos y las escenas televisivas sí le dieron para honrar la frase “la vuelta al mundo”. Policías y soldados protegen a los niños de un colegio de Tijuana que oyen los disparos intensos a un par de cuadras, en otro...

Dany-Robert DufourUniversité de Paris 8translated from the french by michela russo and peter baker * editing and publication by 17, instituto de estudios críticos Volume 2, 2012 Passion I’ll begin with the term “passion”, to the extent that it is dear to me as a philosopher. “Passion” is actually situated at the very core of the...