Carlos Rafael Ruta

Life Configurations

Even as reflecting about life has been, among others, one of the distinctive marks of 20^th century thought, its conceptual resolution always stumbles upon its own elusiveness. Despite this, the intellectual efforts made do not lack grounding in the historical experience that underlies them as their rough nutritional soil. Indeed, the totalitarian experiences, as well as the devastating consequences of an unabated capitalism, and even the capitulations or failures of modern politics, while the weakening or destruction of the frames of reference that provide the security of a predetermined order consolidated, have undoubtedly been the backdrop of a reflection that has sought to clarify the symptoms of unease, ...