This article examines the intersection of philosophy and cybernetics, proposing Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory as a crucial foundation for renewed cybernetics in the twenty- first century. By revisiting Norbert Wiener’s foundational insights and reinterpreting key cybernetic principles, it explores how Luhmann’s second-order observation and the concept of meaning challenge the traditional…

This article outlines the main debates on the concept of dignity in thought using Reinhardt Koselleck's conceptual history methodology. These debates present dimensions and complexities that, although they began in antiquity, are still ongoing and open. The various tensions that accompany the debate make it impossible to reach a consensus on the character of dignity; moreover, the concept has…

La movilidad internacional forma parte de la carrera artística de quienes aspiran a integrarse en los circuitos internacionales de difusión del arte contemporáneo. La migración de artistas procedentes de las periferias del mundo del arte contemporáneo “globalizado” hacia los “centros artísticos” de éste puede favorecer la internacionalización de sus carreras. Las migraciones de artistas…

Long-established hierarchies of power between territories persist in the so- called global art world. Spanish participants in the art world take advantage of the European free movement regime to internationalise their profiles and improve their chances of global success by migrating to global art hubs like Berlin, Paris or London. Institutional programmes fostering international mobility of…

Ressenya de Joyeux-Prunel, Béatrice (2021): Naissance de l’art contemporain. Une histoire mondiale (1945-1970). Paris: CNRS Éditions.

This articleis oriented around the inquiry about the type of relationship that exists between the individual and society in systems theory. The characterizations of systems theory as a conflationist theory based on a negative anthropology are presented and discussed. It is then shown, as an alternative, a positive interpretation of the human being based on an operational primacy of the…