https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/7689 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:44:49 GMT 2026-04-07T11:44:49Z https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21160 Título: Foucault on Adam Smith’s Liberalism Autor: Salinas, Alejandra M. Resumen: This article examines the interpretation of Adam Smith’s writings in The Birth of Biopolitics, where Foucault delves into market processes, the government’s role, the nature of economic knowledge, the dynamics of the “invisible hand,” and the complex relationship between society and the state. However, despite their shared interest in studying the forms of political power, the two authors differ significantly, since Smith espoused ideas that the French philosopher refused to endorse. It is the extensive readership of Foucault that justifies his inclusion in the study of contemporary receptions of Smith’s liberalism. We present Foucault’s lectures that deal with Smith’s ideas and evaluate the strengths and tensions in his analysis. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21160 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21159 Título: La consulta popular en la Argentina. ¿Es constitucional convocarla para dolarizar? Autor: Salinas, Alejandra M. Resumen: Este artículo aborda los mecanismos de democracia directa adoptados en la última reforma de la Constitución argentina. En primer lugar, se clasifican las distintas modalidades y se señalan algunos debates sobre las venta-jas asociadas con tales mecanismos. Luego, se analiza la naturaleza, alcance e implementación de la iniciativa y la consulta popular a partir del nuevo texto constitucional. Finalmente, se evalúa la constitucionalidad del recurso a una consulta popular sobre cuestiones monetarias, argumentando que es admisible convocarla según lo dispuesto en el artículo 40 y la ley reglamentaria. Adicionalmente, la consulta se alinearía con los principios constitucionales de soberanía popular, protección del derecho de propiedad y la promoción del bienestar y la prosperidad general.; This article addresses the direct democracy mechanisms adopted in the latest reform of the Argentine Constitu-tion. The first section classifies the different modalities and highlights some debates on the advantages associa-ted with such mechanisms. The second section analyzes the nature, scope, and implementation of the initiative and popular consultation based on the new constitutional text. The third section evaluates the constitutionality of resorting to a direct popular vote on monetary matters and argues that it is admissible to convene one accor-ding to the provisions of Article 40 and the regulatory law. Additionally, the consultation would be aligned with the constitutional principles of popular sovereignty, protection of property rights, and the promotion of general well-being and prosperity Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21159 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21158 Título: Repensar la democracia y el mercado desde la libertad Autor: Salinas, Alejandra M. Resumen: Ezequiel Spector entiende la libertad como una práctica cooperativa mediante la cual las personas llevan adelante sus planes de vida junto a otros, de modo que todos dependan de todos pero de nadie en particular. Así entendida, la libertad en su dimensión económica se asienta en la propiedad privada y el mercado, y en lo político se relaciona con el sufragio y el gobierno limitado mediante la separación de poderes, la descentralización administrativa y el federalismo. Este texto señala las principales fortalezas del libro en el plano normativo, metodológico y evaluativo; analiza el tratamiento de los derechos individuales con foco en la propiedad privada y examina su propuesta en materia de instrucción religiosa en las escuelas. Se concluye que el autor logra actualizar la defensa de la democracia y el mercado con un trabajo exhaustivo, que renueva la potencialidad del liberalismo clásico para el siglo XXI. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21158 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21157 Título: Political Philosophy in Borges: Fallibility, Liberal Anarchism, and Civic Ethics Autor: Salinas, Alejandra M. Resumen: The political philosophy latent in Borges's works rests on the belief in a self-sufficient individual, the preeminence of liberty, a distrust of government, and nostalgia for anarchy understood as a self-organized order. Yet Borges also emphasizes the fallibility of individuals and warns against the civic indifference brought about by an isolated individualism. A paradox seems to emerge from these simultaneous convictions: would anarchy work if individuals are unable to do much in and by themselves? Can an individualistic disposition be conducive to a rich and orderly civic life? Borges's notion of fallibility is consistent with his defense of liberal anarchism because fallibility carries less pernicious effects under liberal anarchism than it does under alternative political arrangements. Thus, his notion of liberal anarchism is compatible with his concern for civic order if we look at the ethics of self-restraint that sustains Borges's simultaneous advocacy of a self-organized order and a stable civic life. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/21157 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z