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This paper proposes a re-interpretation of the idea of Body in Nietzsche's philosophy to distinguish it from two important perspectives of Nietzsche-studies in Spanish: The first one maintains that the Body is comparable with Nature, and the second one, states that the Body is a cause of subjectivity. Analyzing part of Nietzsche's work after 1885 --published and unpublished-- shows that the idea of the Body works as a methodology that allows Nietzsche to accomplish a new task of his philosophy, such as the task of self-knowledge. In this way, the Body in Nietzsche's philosophy, besides being an innovative and redeemable concept, is a performative tool that establishes new dimensions "in-between" human knowing and bodily experimentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the years 1834 and1835, Kierkegaard, still a 21-year-old student at the University of Copenhagen, became interested in the mythical character known as the master-thief. He then decided to work on a drama about this character and his struggle against the established order. With this in mind, the paper has two main objectives. First, to offer a complete account of the so-called master-thief project. Kierkegaard's notes on the master-thief have remained in a relative obscurity. This paper aims at exposing this little-known work of the Danish thinker to the Spanish-speaking reader. Second, to analyze the philosophical question raised in the master thief project, that is, the issue about the relationship of the rebel and marginalized individual with the established order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I intend to systematically revisit the main lines of Sigmund Freud’s theory of subjectivity, with the aim of showing its current relevance within the fields of philosophy and social theory. In order to do so, I will proceed in three steps. First (1), I will scrutinize the way Freud elaborates his account of the “subject of unconsciousness” arguing against the conception of the “Cartesian subject”. Then (2), I will examine the tension between nature and nurture, which can be found in his treatment of the problem of “drives” [Triebe]. Finally (3), I will sketch out his description of the three-fold structure of the psychical apparatus, putting special emphasis on his conception of the “split subjectivity” and on his analysis of the intersubjective origin of the Superego [Über-Ich]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]