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The position agnostic (it is not possible to establish whether God exists or not) has sometimes been accused of being a form of atheism (denying its existence), which in turn has been rejected by the agnostics as unfair. In this little entry we will defend that accusation is, in fact, correct, and that there is […]

A story that is relatively common on the left on the transition versa as follows: Erase a country where the central element that enabled it to defeat the dictatorship was the ferment of political mobilization, and such mobilization was nipped in the bud by the decisions of an elite, who preferred a transition agreed, and […]

The first time I read The Plague, I guess it was around my middle school years, my heroes were Rieux and Tarrou, and so it was that for quite some time. And both for the same reason: that serene clarity in oppose to the plague, to know what is what to do combined with the […]

Sometimes it makes sense to make comments on topical issues, and as the topic of today are the pension, and as (to) say they are various inaccuracies and (b) there are some interesting things from the point of view of the studies of opinion, here are some comments. On the bankruptcy of the system of […]

On the various claims that have appeared in Chile in recent years a repeat of the public. In general, one could say that it repeats a certain search of the collective. Now, the idea of this entry is that the way in which it has been articulated that idea is particularly fragile. In a nutshell: […]

As activity in the practice and the concept to think the coordination there is nothing to surpass the music. Taking advantage of the change of meaning of the words, an ars , and not just an art. And, therefore, should be -besides all the other reasons – of particular interest to a sociologist. The music […]

A few days ago I had to defend the phd thesis and among the questions the Commission was the issue of the location of sociology as a critical science and the problem, then, of a critical research from the University. And listened to the question and I said that does it make sense to consider […]

Elections are not won or lost only at the polls but also in the interpretation. In particular, when a choice not only thinks for itself but for the following. A municipal election a year before a presidential is not only a way to elect mayors but also a way in which the policy options are […]

Among all the surprises that for many brought the 2016 has appeared on a regular basis: The failure predictive surveys. Or at least that it has been said around the Brexit, the plebiscite of colombia, also around the surveys of the city, and finally, it has been repeated with regard to the recent presidential election […]

The results of the last elections have been interpreted in relation to the question about the legitimacy, and the dangers of a de-legitimization of the institutions. A little earlier, during the Congress of Sociology, I was listening to a table at which were discussed problems of legitimacy of the policy. On that occasion, and I […]