monográfico · La Razón y la Emoción en Política The heroes of the Spanish Embassy in Nazi Budapest Arcadi Espada Part One In John Ford’s film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) becomes an archetypal hero for shooting and killing Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), the paid stooge of the […]
monographic · Emotion and Reason in Politics– The Skeptical Razor Paris Climate Treaty Bjørn Lomborg There is much to criticize in President Trump’s announcement cancelling U.S. involvement in the planet’s only real climate policy, the Paris Treaty. Trump failed to acknowledge that global warming is real. He was wrong to claim China and India […]
monograph · The Skeptical Razor Pseudoscience in the European food regulations José Miguel Mulet Food production is the main limitation for development. Nowadays Europe imports about 35% of the food that requires and this tendency is increasing in recent years.EU agricultural policy is strongly supporting practices such as organic farming and impeding the development […]
A Sentimental Democracy? Manuel Arias-Maldonado Ever since the Enlightenment introduced its program for the reeducation of the human species, we had grown accustomed to think that emotions would see their social role gradually diminished as modernization and rationalization advanced. Hence the fearful representation of the future that can be discerned in those cinematic and literary […]
Challenging the Gendered Discourse of Domestic Violence: Comments on the Istanbul Convention The Istanbul Convention (Council of Europe, 2017) is arguably a landmark policy, designed to tackle domestic violence across the continent. At present this has been signed by 44 members of the European Council, and has subsequently been ratified in 22 of those […]
Suicide in Men: A Pan-National Epidemic Suicide is a serious public health issue across Europe. In fact, certain European Union (EU) countries (such as Slovenia, Lithuania and Hungary) have some of the highest reported suicide rates in the world (Eurostat, 2016a). Across the European Union, men make up approximately 75% of all suicides […]
Stress and the Paradox of Female Happiness Since the 1960s women have entered the workforce and have achieved financial independence. It has become socially acceptable to leave unhappy marriages. Through careers, women gain status and enjoy intellectual fulfilment and have less pressure on them to conform to narrow stereotypes of what it means to be a […]
Feminine and masculine brains: from talents to pugnacity styles The most common notion about gender hiatuses today is that cognitive differences between women and men are minimal and superfluous. Women’s entry into all spheres of professional activity has been so comprehensive and formidable that it is difficult to avoid that certainty. The prospect […]