EDITORIAL
The increasing meshing of different cultures is shaping the modern world. It is becoming a major driving force behind the changes in our societies. This Century’s Review begins by exploring this new phenomenon. “Meshing” is the...
WHEN IS MAN A ‘STATE SUBJECT’ AND A WOMAN NOT?
The changing rights of women in Jammu and Kashmir in the era of globalization
Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a special status within the federation of India. It is the only state that has its own constitution and can therefore enact...
THE POST-EARTHQUAKE SITUATION IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
It has been over three months since one of the worst ever earthquakes rocked Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on 8 October 2005. The tragedy was unimaginable and the loss of life and property unprecedented. The damage control agencies did...
LINKS BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL AND POLITICAL CONTROL: THE CASE OF COLOMBIA
One of the most extraordinary changes of the state since the Second World War is the spread of judicial review and the creation of Constitutional Courts in many countries. The idea that norms and state actions should be according...
PARA LA UNIÓN DE LAS PARTES ENTRE SÍ
El jesuita Francisco Javier emprendía en 1540 el viaje que lo conduciría de Roma a la ciudad de Lisboa, respondiendo así al pedido de Juan III de Portugal, interesado en emplear a los religiosos de la naciente Compañía de Jesús...
MIMESIS AND SIMULATION: ILLUSORY EFFECTS IN MUSIC AND FILM
Music’s ability to express feelings, suggest images or represent reality has long been debated. There are those who acknowledge this power, while others claim that the principles and content of music are purely abstract. The aim...
RODIN E BERGSON: TRA MATERIA E MEMORIA
“Non c'è uno solo dei nostri movimenti,
né una sola delle nostre azioni che non sia un abisso
nel quale anche l'uomo più saggio possa perdere la ragione”
Honoré de Balzac, Teoria del camminare
Fu probabilmente George...
THE WRITER’S MESH: LANGUAGE, WRITING AND IDENTITY
In November 2005, I completed a three month writer’s residency with the International Writers Program at the University of Iowa. At one of the translation workshops held there, I was approached by some students who wanted to...
CONTEMPORARY LATIN-AMERICAN CINEMA: BOOM, NOUVELLE VAGUE OR INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA?
The camera is focused on bellies. The imperfect bodies of old men and mature women. Flaccid arms listlessly pulling dilapidated sun-beds. All we can hear is the screech of metal zigzagging across a tiled floor. We are watching...
CITY TEXTURES
If one were to imagine cities as fabrics, São Paulo, the Brazilian mega-city, would be an unshapely patchwork, a monstrous makeshift sewn of all manner of cloths, coarse weave alongside delicate muslins, loose basting next to...
THE COSMIC WEB
We live in an expanding universe. Although today this might seem almost obvious even to the layman, it was only about 75 years ago that Edwin Hubble realised, through a stunning amount of experimental work at the telescope, that...
A WEEKEND IN ZAGREB
For a little over a year now, I have called Zagreb home. I first saw the city where I live and work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in the dead of winter on my way to Italy from the small town in Bosnia...
RUBY-RED COMFORT FOOD
Can you name a Polish dish? I didn’t think so. Frankly, I don’t blame you – Polish cuisine never made it to the charts and it’s not just due to difficult spelling.
True, some exceptions can be found here and there, mostly...