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Recipients of the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Recognition pay tribute to this Catholic Sister in whose name they are honored. To think about Sor Juana today is to reflect on a collective condition, that of gender -- its constraints & the possibility of overcoming them through the construction of subjectivity; to understand the challenge of Otherness; to assume one's position as a subject; & to claim one's identity & liberty in knowledge, reflection, & poetry. Sor Juana represents the demand for the right to be or not to be, to define being, & to want to be. She forged a counter-current of the concept of woman in the narrow & intolerant, white, Catholic, masculine world. Quotes from her writings & writings about her are presented to illustrate her life, her deeds, & her goals for herself & others. Adapted from the source document.

Drawing on a paper presented by Spanish sociologist Josetxo Beriain at the Coloquio Internacional sobre Exclusio Social, Beriain's recent theory of social exclusion is used to discuss new ways of considering citizenship, civil society, & state intervention as prescriptions for economic marginalization in emerging democracies. At issue is the dilemma between inclusion & exclusion in an individual's social self-perception. Citizenship, civil society, & any type of state economic regulation produce a dual sense of inclusion & exclusion for an individual or a community. Drawing on Niklas Luhman's systems theory, Beriain identifies social, political, economic, & territorial divisions that accentuate the inclusion/exclusion dichotomy. Integration is perceived as an endless process in democratic society, involving balance & compromise between heterogeneity & homogeneity. 7 References. D. Bajo

This article undertakes a historical analysis of the survival of anti-Semitism as a paradigmatic phenomena characteristic of different forms of discrimination & exclusion produced by modernity. It approaches racism & anti-Jewish hate from classic times through modern times, emphasizing four salient points: the characterization of racism/anti-Semitism; its historical development & consequences; Mexico & the problem of inclusion/exclusion of foreigners; & actual anti-Semitism. Adapted from the source document.

Examines evolution and consequences of antisemitism in historical context and universally; some discussion of the situation in Mexico. Summary in English.

Reseña del libro de Ikram Antaki, El Espíritu de Córdoba, México, Planeta, 1994.