Eadem Utraque Europa

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Ana Morales — 2023-04-06

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José Luis Romero: Origins of the Modern World and the History of the Bourgeois Spirit

Santiago Francisco Peña — 2023-04-06

This article focuses on the notions of "Modern World" and "Bourgeois Spirit" in José Luis Romero’s work. Through a reconstruction of his epistemological and historiographical sources and influences, we aim to recognize the scope of his conceptual assimilations. The objective is to identify the originality of his work and its usefulness for Early Modern historians.

Dante Alighieri in José Luis Romero’s Historiographic Work

Mariano Pérez Carrasco — 2023-04-06

This paper explores José Luis Romero's historical interpretation of the place Dante occupies in the development of what he calls “the bourgeois mentality,” that is tantamount to the origins and development of the modern worldview. Romero argues that Dante was a conservative thinker, opposed to the new political realities—from the birth of the nation-state to the modern commercial system, in other words, Capitalism—that were taking place in his own time. The article, on the one hand, studies the main pages Romero devoted to Dante’s ideas and, on the other hand, analyses his general approach on Dante in the context of the Argentine reception of the Florentine poet.

The Renaissance in José Luis Romero’s Work

Mariana Sverlij — 2023-04-06

José Luis Romero understands the Renaissance as a period belonging to a historical continuum, in which certain ideas and concerns connected to the bourgeois mentality reach a consolidation stage, more than an irrumption. It is in this spirit that, according to the Argentinian historian, the Renaissance is defined based on certain behaviours adopted to deal with the awareness of change in traditional structures. The urban bourgeoisie’s are pointed out among those behaviours, and
mostly the one displayed by its higher levels: covering-up under a forms system connected to a new life understanding that had been discovered.

Nature as a Theme in José Luis Romero's Work

Nicolás Kwiatkowski — 2023-04-06

The article studies the development of the idea of nature in José Luis Romero's work. The subject is studied both regarding concrete
historical studies, crafted by Romero regarding specific historical epochs, as well as in relation to his theoretical conceptions. The theme is clear in at least three topics of Romero’s work: 1. Human nature; 2. General conception of nature in the longue durée; 3. The role of the idea of nature in Romero’s concept of “historical life”.

"Historic Life" in José Luis Romero

Daniel Bernardo Sazbón — 2023-04-06

The article studies José Luis Romero's notion of historic life. The text defines the concept clearly and traces its genealogy through a detailed study of explicit and implicit referencies to authors such as Dilthey, Simmel, Freyer, Werfel and Spranger. According to Romero, there are two sides to historical life: knowledge and action. They are inseparable and fundamental both to the historian’s work and to his attempts to understand and transform his own time.

Ut Pictura Poesis: Divinidades marinas (Proteo, Nereo y Tritón)

María del Rosario Macri — 2023-04-06

The purpose of this work is to discuss the relationship between text and image in some representations of marine deities in the
Atic pottery of the 6th century BC. In a cultural context where orality predominates, this relationship offers diverse nuances. The marine
divinities in question are Proteus, Nereus and Triton. The first two have the ability of metamorphose, the third is an hybrid and have had diverse literary fortune. Nereus and Triton are related to the hero Heracles, and only of the latter have representation on the surfaces of the vessels survived. Greek society
in the 6th century BC built his iconographics paradigms, the recipients (usuaries) understood and appreciate the pottery representations.
Our challenge is to investigate the meaning of this figurations, the relationship with the text and the historical environment where they were constituted.

Leibniz por Vicente Fatone: Creatio ex nihilo et creatio possibilitate

Griselda Gaiada — 2023-04-06

Vicente Fatone (1903-1962) remains a little known, if not forgotten, figure in the field of Argentinian philosophy. Orientalist, polyglot, poet, mystic, diplomat, journalist, philosopher, Fatone stands out as one of the most enlightened thinkers in the subjects he dealt with; his revalorisation is almost a duty. This time I start from his study “Leibniz y el problema religioso” in order to analyse his novel interpretation of the great question of creation in Leibniz. Contrary to the her-
meneutic canon, Fatone reveals to us —as it will be seen— “another Leibniz” in the light of ancient Eastern beliefs, based on his insightful reading of Theodicy.

César Vallejo: Los imponderables del verbo

Carlos Ruta — 2023-04-06

The essay interprets Cesar Vallejo's poetics mostly through his prose texts, with only a few references to his poems. In a veritable hermeneutic tour de force, the article unveils the contradictory aspects of Vallejos’ esthetics: silence and voice, dispossession and plenty, confusion and clarity.

La huida sin rostros. La restauración de La Huida a Egipto

Carlos Gómez — 2023-04-06

These are preliminary results describing the conservation and restoration processes carried out in the work The Flight into Egypt, an oil on canvas of European origin, probably from the XVII-XVIII Century. The painting shows two mysteries that articulated the research and intervention work. The first revolves around its authorship, with the presumption that it could have been painted by El Greco or members from his school- This early attribution arises from the diffusion that
the work was made, through different graphic media, at the time of its arrival in Argentina, in 1938. On the other hand, the other question is related to the total absence of the faces of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, central characters in the painting. The painting has been subjected to different analytical studies. At present, the artwork is still undergoing investigation and restoration by advanced students from the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage undergraduate
program.