Institutions in the History of Chile (1820 – 1925) Samuel Tschorne V. Universidad Adolfo Ibañéz Introduction The objective of this paper is to make a meaningful contribution to the debate over the importance of institutions and law in the political history of Chile during the 19 century. It is commonly held that in Chile there is a majoritarian opinion according to which we enjoy an exceptional...

Abstract As borders kill under the premises of saving lives and distributing order, border regimes emerge in everyday life as sites uncertainty, fragility, doubt. The paper explores spaces uncertainty that pervade at borderlands Europe with a particular focus on island Lampedusa (Italy), it deploys doubt an analytical tool to produce reflexive turn studies. From autoethnographic perspective, ca...

It is generally assumed that if it is possible to believe that p without believing that q, then there is some difference between the object of the thought that p and the object of the thought that q. This assumption is challenged in the present paper, opening the way to an account of epistemic opacity that improves on existing accounts, not least because it casts doubt on various arguments that...