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  M. Navarro

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• Labour flexibility as determining cause of hiring and employment conditions in Mexico since 2007 to 2012

  E. Rodríguez

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  From the heterodox economic theory, it seeks to describe the actual condition of the mexican labor market from 2007 to 2012 (flexible or rigid) and the characteristics of the workforce that accesses it through a methodology that is necessary analyze variables such as written contracts, union life and rigidity of wages on the rise for the market study, while in the labor force will consider the years spent at any school, work experience and hours worked per week, differentiating in two groups, one under nine years of schooling and another above that figure (8.6 years is the average education in Mexico according to the Census of Population and Housing, 2010). Both groups will be studied by the method of Ordinary Least Squares, which will lead us to draw conclusions about the differences between one group and another and the role of the condition of the labor market in them.

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  From the heterodox economic theory, it seeks to describe the actual condition of the mexican labor market from 2007 to 2012 (flexible or rigid) and the characteristics of [...]

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• Reflexive sociology? No, reflexive society. Three pre-conditions of sociological thought

  E. Espinosa

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  Classical sociology was built upon three constitutive beliefs, rarely discussed. The first defined the space of sociology, the second defined the time and the third the position of the observer and the type of discourse. All three defined the subject matter of sociological investigation and the way to address it. This paper attempts to do three things: 1) identify these three beliefs, 2) make them explicit and discuss them, 3) ultimately transcend tem, go beyond them profiting from three evidences: globalization, post-modernity and reflexivity. It is thus an exercise in sociology of sociology, understood as a general epistemological reflection that makes explicit (as singular subject) social reflexivity, understood, not as a self-analysis of the soci- ologist, but as a reflexivity of society upon itself.

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  Classical sociology was built upon three constitutive beliefs, rarely discussed. The first defined the space of sociology, the second defined the time and the third the position [...]

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• Jürgen Habermas: communicative action, reflexivity and lifeworld

  A. Sánchez

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  Throughout this essay a balance on Jürgen Habermas’ theoretical itinerary is exposed. We review his deeper motivations and questions to see how they anticipated to his mature reflections. It is highlighted the prevailing trends in social science to limit the reflection about the theoretical basis of this author and their possible connection with the subject of reason. After that, we present a summary of Frankfurt School main proposals, as well as a balance of the evolution perceived by critical theory about society and its key problem areas. It is emphasized the intent of this School to build an alternative paradigm face to the emergence of new forms of intelligibility, scientificity and rationality in social science. Finally, we present some ideas whose aim is to open a discussion about the theoretical and political importance found in entire Habermas work.

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  Throughout this essay a balance on Jürgen Habermas’ theoretical itinerary is exposed. We review his deeper motivations and questions to see how they anticipated to his [...]

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• Ethic, mystic and politics in Ezequiel Martínez Estrada y Leopoldo Zea

  A. Kozel

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  The paper presents a counterpoint between the works of Ezequiel Martínez Estrada (Argentina, 1895-1964) and Leopoldo Zea (México, 1912-2004), focusing on two basic dimensions: (a) their conception of the nature of the links between the intellectual and politics, and (b) the ways they frame the relationship between the realms of the given, the imminent and the desirable. It sets up the following hypothetical framework: 1) in both cases we are witnessing a critical appraisal of the given that, in terms of self-perception, gravitates toward an identification with the figures of the preacher and the therapist, 2) with respect to outlining the desirable, in both works there is a clear movement, on the one hand, to combine an undeniable urge towards modernity with an undeniable fascination with Gemeinschaft -type realities and logic, and on the other, to preserve a certain tension related to the transcendental plane, and 3) in each case the movement unfolds in its own way, resulting in different types of association with symbolic motifs and also, very notably, practical implications.

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  The paper presents a counterpoint between the works of Ezequiel Martínez Estrada (Argentina, 1895-1964) and Leopoldo Zea (México, 1912-2004), focusing on two basic dimensions: [...]

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• Carlos Pereyra in the labyrinths of contempt. Notes for a sociology of anti-imperialist intellectuals

  A. Kozel

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  The article seeks to make a contribution to the sociology of anti-imperialist intellec- tuals through the study of the itinerary and work of Carlos Pereyra Gómez (Saltillo, Mexico, 1871 - Madrid, Spain, 1942). Specifically, three sets of issues are addressed: 1) aspects related to the location of Carlos Pereyra in the Mexican and Ibero Ameri- can ideological and cultural scene, drawing attention to his tragic political runout, as well as to the contexts of development and circulation of his works, 2) the way in which Pereyras anti-American and anti-imperialist sensitivity was conformed, and 3) dimensions of the Pereyra essays –considering mostly his book El mito de Monroe – from the perspective implied in the clause that titles this article –the labyrinths of contempt– or, in other words, from a sociological perspective attentive to the marks left in the texts by the perceptions about the place occupied, or believed to occupy, in the social space. The main hypothesis is that the manners in which Pereyra conceptualized the field of international relations can be thought of as counterparts to how he experienced the relations and differences between social classes.

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  The article seeks to make a contribution to the sociology of anti-imperialist intellec- tuals through the study of the itinerary and work of Carlos Pereyra Gómez (Saltillo, [...]

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• Subjective and objective well-being measurements: complement or substitute?

  M. Jaramillo

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  There are schools of thought that study and measure subjective well-being and propose it as a substitute for objective well-being measurements. We should value and utilize the advantages and disadvantages of both versions of well-being, which requires, first of all, to rigorously explore their conceptual and empirical relationship. I argue that in the literature on the subject no strong association between objective and subjective well-being has been found due to the non-robust objective measures of well-being used. I test statistically this statement, analyzing the empirical relationship between objective and subjective well-being in Mexico, using a robust indicator of objective well-being: The Integrated Poverty Measurement Method, and find an important empirical association between both types of well-being, which should lead to reassess the importance of objective well-being in its subjective perception.

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  There are schools of thought that study and measure subjective well-being and propose it as a substitute for objective well-being measurements. We should value and utilize [...]

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• Liberal intelligentsia under Cold War: Argentinian branch of the Congress for Cultural Freedom (1953-1964)

  K. Janello

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  Argentinan Association for Cultural Freedom (AALC) and its global reference, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, were product of the Cultural Cold War. This organization had an original articulation with local politics. It was created in 1955, after the coup d’etat that overthrew Peron, when the liberal elite had a wide hegemony in the field of culture, amalgamated by the antiperonism and cultural liberalism. This organization was widespread over the intelligentsia s networks of antifascism created in the 30s, by the progressive “Grupo Sur ” and socialist intellectuals. The AALC grouped recognized names from the left wing, worked over an extensive network of editorial and magazines, promoted public important meetings and expressed solidarity with various international causes (even Cuban Revolution). Under the notion of “cultural freedom” and Totalitarism, foundation of its theory, the AALC played in a confrontation with the communist intellectuals in a field where the antinomy of peronism/anti-peronism was decisive. The Cuban Revolution and the commitment of the new left generation increasingly distant from the liberal political-cultural values will cause the beginning of the end of the hegemony of the old intelligentsia and as a result the disappearance of the Association.

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  Argentinan Association for Cultural Freedom (AALC) and its global reference, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, were product of the Cultural Cold War. This organization had [...]

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• Poverty research, Emancipatory Social Science and critical thought

  R. Jaimez

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  The article addresses the need to hold a critical stance towards official and reductionist measurements of poverty, arguing for the development of multidimensional, integrated, critical and morally founded methodologies. It places critical research on poverty as a cornerstone of a broader Critical Research, adopting Erik Olin Wrights (eow ) methodological basis for the construction of an Emancipatory Social Science (ess ), and proposes its collective development incorporating contributions from the Frankfurt and Budapest Schools Analytical Marxism, and especially Marxs paradigm of production and theory of transformation. Some considerations on the relationship between measurement and emancipation follow, trying to show that human transformation and self-realization may be enhanced by developing critical thought, that includes among its axis, addressing seriously the measurement of poverty and inequality, which will help creating solutions that may bring us closer to human flourishing.

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  The article addresses the need to hold a critical stance towards official and reductionist measurements of poverty, arguing for the development of multidimensional, integrated, [...]

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• From politic to history. Historiographies and aesthetics about dictatorships

  D. Inclán

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  This paper attempts to problematize the ways that have been built interpretations over the dictatorial past in Chile and Argentina, privileging the study of aesthetic productions. It aims to build a research track, through the explanation about the conflict between institutional policies of memory and the critical re-appropriations of recent history. The study of aesthetic dimension, as particular form of historical reconstruction, has two reasons: 1) because they have not been enough studied from a historiographical critic and, 2) because they contain an epistemological potential to make reflections over the possibilities of understanding a complex historical period. The focus of analysis is the tension between institutionalized policies and live history and the ways in which each uses the aesthetic dimension to produce explanations about the past.

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  This paper attempts to problematize the ways that have been built interpretations over the dictatorial past in Chile and Argentina, privileging the study of aesthetic productions. [...]

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