Cultural heroism: Mihail Manoilescu. On the work of Pantelimon, Cristi, Mihail Manoilescu. Corporate doctrine. Oscar Print, Bucharest, 2021

Dr. Pantelimon's book is a witness to our times: it refers to an essential work at a critical moment. Dr. Pantelimon provides us with an almost complete synthesis of the omnia work of the great economist, sociologist, publicist, engineer, and politician, finally, the great Romanian, Mihail Manoilescu. Why is the work in question so important? Because it is a reality management technique, without which we will not be able to make the leap from the orbit of underdevelopment to that of development. The study is focused on the chapter structure as well the metastructure of the book – the main ideas and concepts of the overall Manoilescu’s work. We shall discuss on protectionism, corporatism, autarchy, orthodoxy and corporatism etc.

Las danzas indígenas del centro de México según las fuentes coloniales / The indigenous dances of Central Mexico according to colonial sources

El objetivo de este artículo es el estudio de las descripciones de la danza indígena del centro de México prehispánico según las fuentes coloniales escritas en español, latín y náhuatl. Por primera vez se hace una síntesis completa de la información de los exploradores, misioneros y cronistas españoles y de las fuentes escritas por indígenas o con indígenas acerca de la danza nativa. A través del análisis se puede observar cómo los soldados o conquistadores, los cronistas oficiales de la Corona española y los frailes ofrecieron una visión de acuerdo con sus intereses, creencias y modos de conceptualizar el mundo.Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to study the descriptions of the indigenous dance of Central pre-Hispanic Mexico according to the colonial sources written in Spanish, Latin and Nahuatl. For the first time, a complete synthesis of the information obtained by the Spanish explorers, missionaries, and chroniclers, and of the sources written by indigenous people or with indigenous people about the native dance is made. Through the analysis one can observe how the official chroniclers of the Spanish Crown, the friars and the soldiers or conquerors offered a vision in accordance with their interests, beliefs and their ways of conceptualizing the world.Keywords: dance; New World; Mesoamerican studies; historical records; worldview.Résumé : L’objectif de cet article est l’étude des descriptions de la danse autochtone du Mexique central à l’époque préhispanique selon les sources coloniales écrites en espagnol, latin et nahuatl. Pour la première fois, une synthèse complète est réalisée avec des informations des explorateurs, des missionnaires, des chroniqueurs espagnols ainsi que des sources écrites par, ou avec les peuples autochtones à propos de la danse indigène. Tout au long de cette analyse nous pouvons constater la manière dont les chroniqueurs officiels de la Couronne espagnole, les moines et les soldats ou conquérants ont offert une vision en fonction de leurs intérêts, croyances et façons de conceptualiser le monde.Mots-clés : danse ; Nouveau Monde ; études mésoaméricaines ; sources historiques ; vision du monde.

The Lyre and the Cloak

This chapter studies Plato’s Phaedo. In the Phaedo, the afterlife journey and the synoptic vision of the universe are collapsed into one another. In the myth of the dialogue, we are all, all the time, said to be on an underworld journey, since we live in the “creases” of the earth, not on its surface. At the same time, the True Earth of the Phaedo mirrors in its shape the spherical universe of the vision, as we also see it in the Spindle of Necessity in Plato’s Republic, and in the flight of souls around the universe in Plato’s Phaedrus. The Phaedo is a true geography of soul, in that the fate of the soul is integrated with the shape and motive forces of the earth seen as a whole. What we have in the Phaedo is a complete synthesis of the mythical underworld with the “geographic” earth. Tartarus (Phaedo 111e7–112e3) is the lowest point of the world, but it is also the center of the sphere. The result of Plato’s assimilation of the underworld, the landscape of the soul, with the “scientific” earth, is that earth and soul become analogous. They can be studied in the same way. In the ideal world, the universe itself is our eschatology.

Affetti senza amore. La paura dei legami. Affections ithout Love. The Fear of Bonds

Uno degli ambiti in cui si osserva la grave crisi che avvolge oggi la società è l’affettività come si evince, ad esempio, dalla confusione fra desiderio sessuale, amicizia e amore. La tesi dell’autore è che questo disordine affettivo nasconde qualcosa di più profondo: la paura dell’altro, in particolare di stabilire con lui legami duraturi. Per provarla, si esamina in primo luogo come la separazione fra affetto e amore dipenda in gran parte dal considerare gli affetti contrari alla ragione e, dunque, incapaci di aprirci all’alterità e all’alfabetizzazione. In secondo luogo, l’autore si sofferma sulla necessità di superare la concezione dialettica dell’amore per pensarlo sia come scelta dell’affetto dell’altro sia come unione fra diverse identità che si trascendono reciprocamente nella relazione asimmetrica del dono di sé. Ne deriva la conclusione di questo saggio: la paura dei legami può essere vinta quando fedeltà è vissuta come sintesi compiuta del rapporto affetto-amore umanamente sostenibile.Affection is one of the areas where the crisis of today’s society is observed, as shown, for example, in the confusion between sexual desire, friendship and love. The article’s thesis is that this affective disorder hides something more profound: the fear of others, particularly towards the establishment of a last longing bond with them. To prove it, the author first examines how the separation between affection and love depends on judging bonds as contrary to reason, rendering one incapable of opening up to otherness and learning how to be open. Secondly, the author indicates the need to overcome the dialectic idea of love in order to think of it as a choice of affection for others and as a union of two identities that transcend each other through the asymmetric relationship of the gift of self. From here, he goes on to the final conclusion: the fear of bonds can be overcome when fidelity is lived as a complete synthesis of a, humanly sustainable, affection-love relationship.

A platinum supported reduced graphene catalyst to enhance the hydrogenation of nitro compound activity

Schematic representation of the complete synthesis of Pt/RG process.