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Religion's sudden re-appearance on the scene of international politics has resulted in a creative challenge for the discipline of International Relations. Although the leading tendencies suggest that religion is once again present in international relations, this article will carry out an exercise of introspection within the discipline based on the idea of religious continuity. As a result, questions arise concerning secularization as the foundational myth of modern international relations. This, in turn, will require a genealogical revision of (secular) categories such as international society and the state.

The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival. Austen Ivereigh (comp.) Institute of Latín American Studies, Londres, 2000, 223 págs.

This article tries to organize and ilustrate Tocqueville's ideas about the role that religion plays in a democratic society. Among these ideas the one that promotes a tolerant and non-dogmatic cultivation of religion is the most outstanding. According to it religion has through civil society a positive influence on the spirit of democratic freedom. ; Este artículo trata de ordenar e ilustrar las ideas de A. de Tocqueville sobre el papel de la religión en la sociedad democrática. Entre ellas, se destaca la que sostiene que el cultivo tolerante y desdogmatizado de la religión ejerce, desde el espacio de la sociedad civil, un influjo beneficioso sobre el espíritu de la libertad democrática.

Darstellung der fortdauernden Präsenz afro-karibischer Kulte in der kubanischen Gesellschaft und Betrachtung ihres literarischen Ausdrucks am Beispiel der Kurzgeschichte "La tierra y el cielo" von Antonio Benitez Rojo. Hervorhebung ihrer nachhaltigen Einflüsse auf politischer Ebene und Anführung entsprechender Veränderungen der offiziellen Revolutionsideologie