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No. 191 (2026): Presentation. Governing Discourses: Fear, “Security” and Symbolic Power (January-March, 2026)
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Cover: Adrián Zamora Laverde.
Title of the artwork: Mourning.
Technique: Acrylic on canvas.

Costa Rican visual artist born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1977.
Email: adrian.zamora@ucr.ac.cr

Published: 2026-05-29

Artículos

Presentation

  • Governing Discourses: Fear, “Security” and Symbolic Power

    Daniel Camacho Monge (Author)
    9-12
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/1y6qvc33

Central Theme

  • Use of medical and military metaphors to legitimizethe security model in El Salvador

    Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra (Author)
    13-28
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/gg0kax49

  • Discursive Strategies in the Reform of the Public Security Law in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina

    Ana Clara Caccia (Author)
    29-44
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/25q2kr12

  • Beyond borders: immigration and crime perception

    Valeria Seballos-Mora, Abby Massiel Sol´órzano-Castillo, Lindsay Pamela Carvajal-Vega, Fernanda Vargas Ávila, César Ávila Rodríguez, Juan Diego García-Castro (Author)
    45-59
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/dqyvpy44

  • The dual face of power: alienation and its Overcoming in Marx, Arendt and Rosa

    Christian Alejandro Sordelli (Author)
    61-71
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/eyytwx95

Collaborating people

  • Collaborating people 191

    Revista Ciencias Sociales (Author)
    135-137
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/2bv90z13
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