Cristianismo difuso e islam minoritario en las ciudades europeas

The aim of this paper is to make sense of the religious plurality attached to big cities and the insertion of this religious plurality into the current European cities. Firstly, the urban nature of Christianity and Islam will be considered; secondly, the transformation of European Christianity into cultural heritage and the transformation of European Islam into a label used to classify the immigration will be studied; thirdly, the necessity of a secular Europe will be defende

Löwith's Nietzschean Return to the Ancient Conception of Nature

This paper assesses Löwith’s conception of Antiquity. For him Antiquity is opposite in meaning to Christianity, and not to Modernity. That is to say, Modernity would be included in the Christian times, and Antiquity, for its part, would be primarily considered as a polytheist culture, contrasting with the Christian worldview. As I will show, the scheme motivating such a conception of Antiquity is the Nietzschean antichristian philosophical program

Una filosofía de la ciudad: ciudades «invisibles»

Una filosofía de la ciudad: ciudades «invisibles

Karl Löwith: naturaleza, historia, secularización

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Filosofía. Fecha de lectura: 11-01-2017Esta tesis tiene embargado el acceso al texto completo hasta el 11-07-201

Two Modern Concepts: Religion and Secularization

Contemporary debates on religion and secularization rest partially on the polysemy of these terms. This paper provides a short history of both and make the following claims: 1. Religion and secularization are modern concepts; 2. Secularization is a complex, diverse, plural, non teleological process; 3. Religion is a highly problematic concept, arosen in a very specific stage (XV-XIX centuries in Europe), so it is difficult to apply to other cultures and periods of time. For that reason, “religion” should be understood as an analytical tool for studying social life. Keywords: religion, secularization, modernity, secularity, history of religions, world religions.</p

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

H. U. Gumbrecht, Lento presente: sintomatología del nuevo tiempo históri-co, trad. Lucía Relanzón Briones, Escolar y Mayo, Madrid, 2010, 181 pp. :Reseña bibliográfica

Cuando uno termina de leer a Gumbrecht se queda con una extraña sensa-ción de incomodidad, generada probablemente por la tensión que surge de la fuerza de sus planteamientos y de nuestro escaso hábito en la reflexión sobre los detalles de la vida cotidiana. (...

La vieja Roma en el joven Hegel. (Valerio Rocco)

Reseña del libro: Rocco, Valerio. La vieja Roma en el joven Hegel. [S.l.]: Maia, 201

De herencias manipuladas y de recepciones perversas: nacionalsocialismo

This paper will offer a history of the reception of Friedrich Nietzsche’s thought from the fact of his perverse use by National Socialism. Firstly, the process of politization, germanization and nazification of his thought will be analysed, showing how this was facilitated through the mutilation of Nietzsche’s work done by his sister. Secondly, the various strategies implemented from the 30s to depoliticize and denazificate his thoughtand work will be described. Last, a brief summary about the topic «Nietzsche and National Socialism» will be presented.Este trabajo ofrece una historia de la recepción del pensamiento de Friedrich Nietzsche a partir del hecho histórico de su perversa utilización por parte del nacionalsocialismo. Se analiza, en primer lugar, el proceso de politización, germanización ynazificación del pensamiento de Nietzsche, facilitado por la mutilación de su obra que realizó la hermana del filósofo. Se describen, en segundo lugar, las diversas estrategias de despolitización y desnazificación del pensamiento y la obra&nbsp; nietzscheanos, aplicadas desde la misma década de los años treinta del siglo pasado. Se ofrece, en tercer lugar, un breve resumen sobre la cuestión «Nietzsche y el nacionalsocialismo»