The Core ideas and axioms of classical fascism (1919-1945)

This article presents and explores the axioms and core ideas, or idées-force, of the Fascist ideologies of the first third of the twentieth century. The aim is to identify the features that define the term “Classical Fascism” as a conceptual category in the study of politics and to uncover the core ideas of its political theory. This analysis requires an appraisal of both the idées-force themselves and the political use that is made of them. If these appreciations are correct, Classical Fascism is characterized by a set of ideological and political aims and methods in which ideas, attitudes and behaviours are determined by an anti-democratic palingenetic ultranationalism underpinned by a sacralized ideology; the quest for a united, indissoluble society as apolitical system and, at the same time, the collective myth that mobilizes and redeems the nation; and third, violence as a political vehicle applied unchecked against internal opposition and against external enemies who challenge the nation´s progression towards the dream of rebirth and the culmination of this progression in the form of an empire.

La comunicació al servei de la institucionalització. El cas de la revista "Forja" (1945-1966) de l'entorn Virtelià

El component religiós ha estat molt important en la formació de persones que han tingut un paper destacat en l’anomenada societat civil a partir de la recuperació de la democràcia: la formació religiosa que van rebre va desenvocar, posteriorment, en acció política. I aquesta aproximació l'hem treballada a través de la força d’una publicació anomenada 'Forja', una revista de la Confraria de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat de Virtèlia, que articulà al seu voltant tot un camp simbòlic de sentit. S’ha descrit el que s’ha anomenat “entorn Virtèlia”, un entorn creat per unes institucions, –les escoles Virtèlia i la Confraria de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat de Virtèlia–, i una xarxa de relacions personals. Les escoles Virtèlia van ser vigents entre 1939 i 1995. Més de cinquanta anys i generacions, sent les del periode 1940-1960 en el centre d’aquest treball.

Nacionalismo e identidad nacional en Corea, 1876-1945

Este trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo el análisis de las circunstancias sociopolíticas que propiciaron la aparición y consolidación del nacionalismo como paradigma dominante en la creación de una nueva identidad colectiva coreana. El nacionalismo ha sido, en las últimas décadas, el discurso dominante dentro de la sociedad y la política coreana. De la derecha a la izquierda, pasando por los conservadores y los radicales, el pueblo coreano ha acogido de manera análoga el discurso nacionalista, siendo un instrumento utilizado abiertamente por las diferentes fuerzas gubernamentales para su propia legitimación política y moral tanto en el norte como en el sur.

Biology of Triatoma pallidipennis stal 1945 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae:Triatominae) under laboratory conditions

Aspects related to hatching, life time, mortality, feeding behaviour and fecundity for each stage of Triatoma pallidipennis life-cycle were evaluated. The hatching rate observed for 200 eggs was 60% and the average time of hatching was 18 days. Eighty nymphs (N) (40%) completed the cycle and the average time from NI to adult was 168.7±11.7days. The average span in days for each stage was 18.0 for NI, 18.5 for NII, 30.0 for NIII, 35.7 for NIV and 50.1 for NV. The number of bloodmeals at each nymphal stage varied from 1 to 5. The mortality rate was 9.17 for NI, 5.5 for NII, 6.8 for NIII 4.17 for NIV and 13.04 for NV nymphs. The average number of eggs laid per female in a 9-month period was 498.6. The survival rates of adults were 357±217.9 and 262.53±167.7 for males and females respectively.

Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973, Bona Species, Close to R. pictipes Stål, 1872 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

The discovery of two atypical specimens of Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 in French Guiana and the examination of the female holotype of R. amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973, the only specimen of this species so far known, lead us to propose the rehabilitation of R. amazonicus synonymized with R. pictipes. The male is described for the first time and the female redescribed. Both external characters and genitalia distinguish R. amazonicus from R. pictipes. R. amazonicus shows affinities not only with pictipes but also with R. stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 and R. paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977. A key is provided for these four species forming, in all likelihood, a natural group, i.e. the "pictipes group".

Redescrição de Litomosoides brasiliensis Almeida, 1936 (Nematoda: Filariidae) Parasito de Anoura caudifera (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

The study of the surface topography added details regarding the disposition of male caudal papillae, spicules and area rugosa apart from vulva and oral aperture. The occurrence of this nematode in the state of Amapá represents a new geographical distribution.