At the beginning of 2003, Oscar Landi presented his last paper to the editorial staf of Society, journal of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Uni-versity of Buenos Aires. This article has finally appeared as a tribute, after his death. In this paper, Landi deals with the relationship between secrecy and politics, from a perspective that prolongs and completes his theoretical militancy in favor of a more participative, horizontal and transparent de-mocracy. Secrecy is part of the political life and cannot be erased by a de-cree of the political will. When secrecy is installed in the heart of the mode's government, as a culmination of a logic of separation between rulers and ruled, excluding citizens from the management of their lives, it must be rejected and fought. Oscar Landi's latest piece, written around the discus-sion that animated Argentinian debates after the great institutional crisis of 2001, must be read as a strong commitment to the democratization of our democracy.

En los primeros meses del año 2003, Oscar Landi entregó a la redacción de la revista Sociedad de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, su último trabajo, que aparecería publicado, a modo de homenaje, tras su muerte. En él se ocupa de la relación entre el secreto y la política, en una perspectiva que prolonga y completa su larga militancia teórica en favor de una democracia más participativa, horizontal y transparente. El secreto forma parte de la vida política de todos los pueblos y no puede eliminarse por un decreto de la voluntad política, pero cuando se instala en el corazón de los modos de gobierno de una sociedad como culminación de una lógica de la separación entre gobernantes y gobernados, y de exclusión de los ciudadanos del manejo de sus vidas, debe ser rechazado y combatido. El último escrito de Oscar Landi, fraguado en el clima de discusión de ideas que animó los debates argentinos después de la gran crisis institucional de fin de 2001, debe ser leído como una fuerte apuesta por la democratización de nuestra democracia.

A memória do filósofo e cientista político argentino recentemente falecido, que passou os "anos de chumbo" no Brasil, é evocada em comentário da sua obra.

The memory of the Argentine intellectual, who lived in Brazil during the "dark times" in his country, is evoked through a commentary of his work.

Por que no estado de natureza hobbesiano os homens lutam entre si? A questão está mal posta, sustenta o autor, após passar em revista interpretações importantes de Hobbes. Se tormos além de buscar as razões dos homens no estado de natureza (essa sombra da sociedade civil) e examinarmos o próprio antagonismo penetraremos mais fundo no dominio da política, argumenta ele.

Why do men fight each other in the Hobbesian state of nature? The question is badly put, holds the author, after reviewing important interpretations of Hobbes. If we go farther than searching men's reasons in the state of nature (this shadow of civil society) and examine antagonism as such we will penetrate deeper in the domain of politics, he argues.

Comentário crítico do mais recente livro do conhecido ensaísta argentino Horacio Gonzales, Restos pampeanos, que trata do pensamento e da cultura argentinas no século XX.

A critical commentary of the most recent book by the well-known Argentine essayist Horacio Gonzales, Restos pampeanos, which deals with Argentine thought and culture in the 20th century.