Existentialism is a philosophical theory that emerged in the XIX century, and that remained very popular until the first half of the XX century, especially during World War II, a period when many of the main ideas associated to existentialism arose and were profoundly debated. This doctrine, as the name indicates, is focused on the […]
Genius loci is a concept that goes back to the ancient classical Rome, and it can be translated has the “spirit of the place”; originally, the term was used to refer to the protective spirit of a place, an entity that is present in every place human beings are. The religious notion has suffered changes […]
Semiotics is a science that studies all forms of communications, whether they are linguistic or not, and the way the signification mechanisms occur naturally and culturally. According to semiotics, the basis of communication is the meaning attributed to things, which can simultaneously approach or depart the receptor of the message: if the meaning is similar, […]