Sovereignty or L branos del mal La escalofriante historia del secuestro de las hermanas de Thal a

Sovereignty: God, State, and Self

Author: Jean Bethke Elshtain

Throughout the history of human intellectual endeavor, sovereignty has cut across the diverse realms of theology, political thought, and psychology. From earliest Christian worship to the revolutionary ideas of Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx, the debates about sovereignty—complete independence and self-government—have dominated our history.
In this seminal work of political history and political theory, leading scholar and public intellectual Jean Bethke Elshtain examines the origins and meanings of “sovereignty” as it relates to all the ways we attempt to explain our world: God, state, and self. Examining the early modern ideas of God which formed the basis for the modern sovereign state, Elshtain carries her research from theology and philosophy into psychology, showing that political theories of state sovereignty fuel contemporary understandings of sovereignty of the self. As the basis of sovereign power shifts from God, to the state, to the self, Elshtain uncovers startling realities often hidden from view. Her thesis consists in nothing less than a thorough-going rethinking of our intellectual history through its keystone concept.
The culmination of over thirty years of critically applauded work in feminism, international relations, political thought, and religion, Sovereignty opens new ground for our understanding of our own culture, its past, present, and future.

C. Robert Nixon - Library Journal

Elshtain (social & political ethics, Univ. of Chicago; Just War Against Terror) deals here with the origins and development of our current concept of political and personal sovereignty, tracing its history from Augustine to Nietzsche and noting the move toward absolute autonomy of the state and the individual. According to Elshtain, even individual sovereignty becomes tyranny without relationships and community. We are created to love and that puts a limit on our sovereignty, she writes; "if we refuse to observe a limit, we are destroyers." Elshtain reexamines the relevant writings of Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and many others in light of her philosophical analysis. She also applies her insight to postmodernism, radical feminism, and other modern movements, showing in her approach a deep knowledge of her subject matter. An excellent scholarly, philosophical analysis of a difficult concept that Elshtain makes surprisingly accessible to readers outside her field; recommended primarily for academic and large public libraries.

See also: Enquête Financière et Comptabilité Légale

Lнbranos del mal. La escalofriante historia del secuestro de las hermanas de Thalнa

Author: Ernestina Sodi

Uno de los secuestros que mayor consternaciуn ha causado en la opiniуn pъblica mexicana fue el de la escritora Ernestina Sodi y su hermana, la actriz Laura Zapata, perpetrado por la banda de secuestradores "Los Tiras", quienes se encuentran tras las rejas a raнz de la denuncia que ambas presentaron despuйs de su liberaciуn.

Las hermanas fueron privadas de su libertad la noche del 22 de septiembre de 2002 a la salida de un teatro, despuйs de asistir a un ensayo de la actriz; golpeadas y amedrentadas, fueron trasladadas a una casa que los secuestradores adaptaron para retener a sus vнctimas y donde permanecieron encerradas, con los ojos vendados, mientras los secuestradores iniciaban las negociaciones para pedir su rescate. Despuйs de transcurridos 18 dнas, y al no obtener respuesta de los familiares de sus vнctimas, los secuestradores liberaron a Laura Zapata. Sin embargo, Ernestina Sodi permaneciу cautiva durante tres meses, hasta que su hermana menor, la cantante y actriz Thalнa, completу la suma exigida.

Esos dнas Ernestina Sodi estuvo sometida a maltratos fнsicos y psicolуgicos que dejaron heridas importantes en su vida y la de su familia. Este libro es el recuento doloroso de su encierro. A travйs de sus pбginas penetramos en el mundo oscuro, violento, sin piedad de la delincuencia organizada; presenciamos la desesperaciуn, la impotencia, la rabia, el miedo infi nito, pero tambiйn la esperanza luminosa de la libertad. Acompaсamos a la autora, asidos a su escritura нntima y serena, en su firme caminar por la lнnea frбgil que separa la cordura de la demencia, la vida de la muerte. Somos testigos, ademбs, de su reconstrucciуn anнmica y corporal que comienza penosa, lenta, pero plena.