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Libertarianism and social justice: Freedom as a political value
Libertarismo y justicia social: La libertad como valor político
(2012-11-25)
This article examines the tensions between the values of freedom and equality along the lines of an immanent critique to the libertarian approach— an approach that claims absolute priority to the value of freedom. The ...
The Martian Chronicles: The Triple System
Crónicas marcianas: El triple sistema
(2012-11-25)
This article discusses the story collection The Martian Chronicles by American author Ray Bradbury and analyzes the literary genres that are combined in it: science fiction, utopia and chronic. It will demonstrate how the ...
The transexual in “El lugar sin límites”: Monstruosity, normas and punishment
El transexual en El lugar sin Límites: monstruosidad, norma y castigo
(2012-11-25)
This article presents an interpretation of the novel by José Donoso El Lugar sin límites (1966). It is a literary analysis focused on the character called La Manuela, he aims to reflect on the emergence of the transsexual ...
Between two olive trees or the story of a dying flower that waits for a hero
Entre dos olivos o historia de una flor agónica que espera a un HÉROE
(2012-11-25)
The authors make a remembrance of the recent decease of José Saramago, Nobel Prize in Literature 1998, died on June 18, 2010. They pay tribute to the narrator through an interpretation of his poetics applied to children's ...
Technological culture as a basis for technological capabilities and learning
La cultura tecnológica como base de las capacidades y el aprendizaje tecnológico
(2012-11-25)
In this work a positive correlation is supposed to exist between technological capabilities and a technological culture. Promoting a technological culture favors the emergence and development of technological capabilities ...
Professional ethics in education: An engagement in humanistic pedagogy
Ética profesional docente: Un compromiso pedagógico humanístico
(2012-11-25)
The professional ethics is not simply a deontology or a group of norms to govern the behavior of those who exercise a professional work, it is a commitment that goes beyond the written norm and it should become effective ...
The humanities and humanism of the future
Las humanidades y el humanismo del futuro
(2012-11-25)
This is an essay on humanism, in which the contribution of humanities to costarrican society is analyzed, especially the role that the School of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica has played in this context. ...
The new humanism and communication
El nuevo humanismo y la comunicación
(2012-11-25)
This article presents some contributions to the understanding of humanism from the paradigm of complexity. Also discussed the crisis of paradigms and the emergence of new world views in the light of advancing scientific ...
Conquest, domination and otherness in Bartolomé de Las Casas
Conquista, dominación y alteridad en Bartolomé de Las Casas
(2012-11-25)
This article attempts an innovative approach to the work of Bartolome de Las Casas. It is argued that such work should be approached as a work of theory and political philosophy beyond its importance as a work ethic or ...