The navigation of Ulysses according to Homer

Julkaisussa: Geographia classica : the geography of the ancients

Educating for Community Resilience: How the Work of Thomas Homer-Dixon and JohnDewey's Pattern of Inquiry Can Help Us Prepare for the Ecological and Social Challenges of the 21st Century

Scientists have overwhelmingly concluded that global warming occurs as a consequence of human activities and that climate change, combined with the depletion of resources, could have catastrophic consequences for the human civilization later this century. However, in political circles and in the public sphere these conclusions are not taken seriously, or they are laid aside for future generations to deal with; at the same time, significant efforts are being deployed to discredit the scientific evidence. In this thesis I have studied the positions of climate scientists as well as those of climate change deniers, and I also examined how their points of view are likely to impact the interests and habits of corporations and citizens. The work of Thomas Homer-Dixon was used as an important source for analyzing the complex interaction between our natural, economic, and social systems, and John Dewey's pattern of inquiry provided the theoretical foundation for an analysis of the current crisis and its possible solutions. No concerted action to deal with climate change has yet been taken by the leaders of the Western world; I corroborated data from four reliable sources (Hansen, 2009; IPCC, 2007; Lynas, 2007; Steffen, 2011) regarding several development scenarios and their likely consequences on greenhouse gas emissions, and I concluded that a future temperature increase of more than 2°C appears now as unavoidable. In the light of this conclusion I argue that education for increasing the resilience of smaller communities is a realistic alternative that can offer some hope in dealing with the challenges ahead.

Análisis argumental de la Ilíada y la Odisea comp. : Héctor M. Hernández Ruiz.

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La ilíada.

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Discurs del rector, "La sella en què va cavalcar Homer", curs acadèmic 2000-2001

En aquest discurs d'inauguració del curs acadèmic 2000-2001, el rector es planteja el paper educatiu dels qui tenen la sort de formar-ne part i de la responsabilitat que això comporta

La venganza como prototipo legal en la Ilíada

Que Homero haya compuesto su poema para "recomendar la virtud y la justicia" , como sugirió Anaxágoras, nos parece hoy una sentencia imprudente y desmedida. Por boca de Sócrates dijo Platón, aparentemente con mejores fundamentos, que la épica trata de la "discrepancia de parecer entre lo justo y lo injusto" y de las "batallas y muertes que tuvieron lugar entre los aqueos y los troyanos precisamente por esta discrepancia". … ¿Cómo considerar la reacción del héroe? ¿Es su venganza, en efecto, excesiva? ¿Bajo qué parámetros debe ser analizada y, si es el caso, juzgada? ¿Hay justicia en la venganza de Aquiles?

Pagan epic in contemporary British poetry: Hughes and Logue, Ovid and Homer

In 'Tales from Ovid' and 'War Music' respectively, Ted Hughes and Christopher Logue turned to classical epic as source material and a model for contemporary poetry. In this essay I consider the different ways in which they work with the original epic poems and how they rework them both textually and generically. In the process, I suggest, Hughes gives his readers an Ovid modeled on his own, vatic conception of Homer, while Logue reworks Homer in a manner that is essentially Ovidian.