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Reflections on death and suicide
To deal with the enigmatic question of why a human being raises his hand against himself is not an easy task at all. To approach this indecipherable knot of suicidal death we will make a detour through the mystery of death, stopping by some philosophical, Read more…
Poetic creation and the riddle of suicide: Hart Crane i Alejandra Pizarnik
This essay explores the relationship between the literary imagination, poetic creation, and suicide through the work of two poets who took their own lives: Hart Crane and Alejandra Pizarnik. Drawing on authors from the psychoanalytic field such as Vincenzo Marzulli, and literary critics such as Read more…
Do you not exaggerate a little, to call social and political attention, when you say that inequality in health is the worst epidemic of our time?
«Health inequalities: an epidemic we can avoid» Interview with Joan Benach and Carles Muntaner, public health teachers at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and the University of Toronto respectively, and directors of the Employment Conditions Network and Health Inequalities (Emconet) which is part of the WHO Social Determinants Health Commission. [Text in Spanish] Read more…