A CAPITALISM THAT NEUTRALIZES THE CRITIQUE? THE DISCOURSES OF NEW MANAGEMENT IN FRONT OF THE INDICTMENTS TO THE “LABOUR SOCIETY” by Pagura, Nicolás Germinal

“…This would give rise to the following paradox: what those authors understood that could only flourish beyond the productive spaces is precisely what contemporary management demands for labor firstly, and this in order to improve productivity and increase the corporate profits. …”
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The multifactorial nature of human homosexual behavior: A brief review by Barona, Daniel, Aponte, Héctor

“…Homosexual behavior has been analyzed as an evolutionary paradox in the biological context. In this review, we will try to compile the main genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, neurological and immune explanations of homosexuality, as well as the ultimate evolutionary causes of this complex behavior in the human being, incorporating information from studies in other animal species. …”
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Responsibility for pleasure by Laso, Eduardo

“…But human things aren´t so simple: under the framework of a trial, the film proposes the paradox of a consensual sexual relationship that becomes abuse due to resignification.…”
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To believe in the other. Thanatos, eros and anamnesis in The Giver by Fonti, Diego, Cáceres, Pamela

“…Based on the novel and the film The Giver, this papers shows the paradox and contradictions born out of the attempt of an egalitarian and pacifist position – the classical answer to those discriminations that originate suffering and violence – to eliminate everything that is a source of distinction and therefore of anguish. …”
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The charm of the forger by Koldobsky, Daniela

“…And in second place, the aim is to demonstrate how, apart from showing the high standing of the figure of artist, the falsifier hides a fundamental paradox: it questions the statute of the artist as creator but its existence depends on keeping that statute alive…”
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Pseudo Heroines: Inclusion by Exclusion of the Feminine by Laso, Eduardo

“…Jane about women discrimination in the army and their right to be included presents a paradoxical solution: women’s inclusion in the army is accepted only if they choose to resign their feminity and become males. …”
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The representation of the origin of humanity in ’2001: A Space Odyssey by Huarte, Valentín

“…The relations between humanity and technics confront thinking with a series of paradoxes. In order to start our exposition we return to the synthesis elaborated by Andrew Feenberg in relation to this problem. …”
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MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS: ARCHIVES IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Arán, Pampa, Casarin, Marcelo

“…This confrontation positions the paradoxical relationship that current and future technology promises, in the center of the discussion: while opening dazzling horizons, marks boundaries between what is desirable and what is possible, and requires communities that own that technology to use it actively and sustainably.…”
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How Specific is Latin America in a World of Contrasted Inequality Regimes? by Boyer, Robert

“…Three contemporary paradoxes regarding the trajectories of inequality in North America, Europe and Latin America deserve explanations. …”
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Motivation and sport Injuries in handball players by Olmedilla Zafra, Aurelio, Blas Redondo, Amador, Laguna Tudela, Maria

“…Although it may seem paradoxical, it is possible that an excessively high motivation leads to overachievement and risk behaviors, which in turn facilitate the appearance of lesions.…”
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“If you look great, you feel great”: Instagram and the Construction of Aesthetic Treatments as Technologies of the Self by Barboza, Romina Andrea, Arias, Valentina

“…From the analysis of four Instagram accounts oriented to the promotion of aesthetic treatments in Mendoza and four in-depth interviews with the doctors responsible for these accounts, we analyze, firstly, the conception of the body as a continuously perfectible project and the relations of tension and complementarity between classical aesthetic criteria and contemporary criteria; secondly, we describe the notion of the soul as an asymptotic project, with particular psychic and affective anchors and certain paradoxical tensions. We conclude that aesthetic treatments are constructed as technologies of the self, converging with an aesthetic/ethics fostered by the neoliberal ethos.…”
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STICK YOUR BOOBS OUT AND PUSH YOU BUTT UP: BODY TECHNIQUES AND REGULATORY IDEAL OF FEMININITY IN A FEMALE SEDUCTION WORKSHOP by Bianciotti, María Celeste, Chervin, Mariela

“…In this way the article seeks to build a dense description of this instance, seeking for expanding the ways to approach and learn how these paradoxical spaces gather experiences and discourses of normalization and revival of old female mandates, and also transforms conventions related to gender and sexuality.…”
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Malvinas, the war that never ends by Di Renzo, Cristian

“…On a few occasions it has been seen in the Plaza de Mayo filled with souls in a climate that overflows with hullabaloo. Paradoxically, on two occasions, that expression of spontaneity motivated by a banal nationalism present in Argentine society, by the last civil-military dictatorship (1978 and 1982). …”
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City and heritage: practices and tensions in the historic center of San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (1990-2019) by Cuezzo, María Laura

“…In a pluritemporal environment, the coexistence of the historic center with the central area finds a paradoxical condition, permanence and change, in a scenario of constant tension as in most of its Latin American peers. …”
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Indigenous peoples, communities and organizations: meetings and articulations from and in the university extension by Marchesino, César

“…Nevertheless, and although it may be paradoxical, the Argentine State, in the midst of the neoliberal boom and with the constitutional reform of 1994, recognizes some specific rights of indigenous peoples (Article 75, paragraph 17) and proclaims itself a multicultural State, while at the same time assuming "the obligation to repair the damage caused to the original peoples. …”
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