Ideas and the Transformation of Liberalism

From the Critique of Political Economy to the Construction of New State Ideologies: A Strategic Analysis of Marxism and Its Contemporary Derivations The False Promise of Marx Marx claimed that social science truly begins only when we tear away the veil of ideology. For him, everything related to human society was ideological. While he applied […]

A philosophical reflection on the concept of God in Judeo-Christian tradition and its possible reading as an expression of Universal Laws What if one of the most influential words in human history has not been mistranslated, but incompletely understood? Elohim. With this word, Genesis begins. With it, civilizations were shaped, institutions justified, moral systems constructed,

The demolisher of ideologies and father of the most perverse one Marx: Critique of Ideology and False Consciousness To understand why Marx was so critical of “ideology,” we must first strip the word of its modern connotation. Today, we use “ideology” as a synonym for a “system of ideas.” For Marx, however, ideology was something

The Latin American experience as a case study within a broader global pattern of crony capitalism and kleptocracy Ideology often functions as a disguise for organized systems of appropriation. Ideology has been defined as a structured set of ideas reflecting a rigid worldview, codified into a doctrinal body designed to establish channels of influence and

A critical examination of contemporary presidents and governments in Europe and Latin America during the first quarter of the 21st century The legacy of the useless doesn’t disappear, it simply blends in. In this new era they ignore, they are doubly dangerous: useless and contagious. A marketing lie elevated Mujica to the status of leader

Why weak executives are failing in a world shaped by technology and geopolitical competition The end of ineffective presidents In this new global era, societies can no longer afford ineffective leadership. Review. The anatomy of inaction Contemporary politics is experiencing a silent crisis. Not through dramatic institutional collapses, but through a persistent aesthetic of failure.

How executive power, party discipline, and judicial dependence are turning representative democracies into elective autocracies The constitutional system of checks and balances is a utopian fallacy of democratic mechanics in which executive, legislative, and judicial powers are supposed to limit one another to prevent abuses arising from power concentration. The very definition provokes irony in

Approaching the hollowing out of effort and intelligence The Exile of Intelligence: When Democracy Becomes Confiscatory In our countries, where we supposedly enjoy popular sovereignty, we suffer from the prisoner’s syndrome: when someone is locked up and does nothing. Because nothing is done, submission deepens, and the desire to rebel against an unjust situation fades.

A layered reading of contemporary geopolitics and the challenge of understanding it in the age of artificial intelligence. Something curious is happening in global affairs. We talk about geopolitics more than ever, yet it feels harder than ever to understand what is really going on. Wars, trade tensions, shifting alliances, energy shocks, and grand speeches

From Revolutionary Faith to the Justification of Just War. Is it possible to radically change one’s ideology? Or is it an exclusively religious phenomenon, one that occurs through a mysterious revelation? We will examine the case of a famous writer and his journey from professing revolutionary Marxist faith to justifying military interventions when they aim