Thorny Journey from Slavery to Salvation

[Biopolitics in the genealogy of psychoanalysis: from salvation to cure].

The initial aim of this essay is to sketch out the historical passage from the ideal of salvation to the ideal of cure in the West, indicating the effects of the process of medicalization of society attained through biopolitics. In second place, it is intended to describe the different ramifications of biopolitics in the origins of psychoanalysis discourse.

Journey from technician to professional.

The Thorny Road to Sustainable Peace:

This paper seeks to understand the dynamics of post-conflict/post-major political transition violence in cities. It examines the transformation of violence in these cities from violence associated with protracted warfare and prolonged civil strife into new forms. The paper argues that post-conflict societies in general and cities in particular do not move from conflict and war into peace and no...

From Slavery to Abolition in Peru: Four Recent Contributions

Four recent books present a comprehensive and progressively more intimate view of slavery and slaves in Peru. One focuses on the slave trade starting as early as the Arab expansion across Northern Africa in the seventh century. A second summarizes the evidence on abolitionist sentiment. The last two use scores of stories of individuals to show how the slaves themselves were agents of their own ...

Commodification: An Understatement to Slavery

Starting from the 15 century in the Atlantic slave trade, black people have been treated by lighter-skinned counterparts as commodities to be sold and bought. The effects of the trade and the resulting dehumanization can still be seen in subsequent historical events and in today’s society. Analyzing the Haitian Revolution in the late 18 century through literature such as The Grateful Negro by M...