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19 September 2017
- 14:3914:39, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,700 N Social democracy Created page with "International ideological and political movement made up of political parties, youth groups, women’s groups, unions and cooperatives. S.D. arose in Germany in the mid-ninete..." current
- 14:3514:35, 19 September 2017 diff hist +882 N Social darwinism Created page with "Sociological school of the late nineteenth century that extended English naturalist Charles Darwin’s ideas on the evolution of species through natural selection, to the soci..." current
- 14:3314:33, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,194 N Social contract Created page with "According to the classic texts of the European Enlightenment, the S.C., that is, the pact among citizens, is the only legitimate source of law, power and the State. The democr..." current
- 14:3214:32, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,196 N Social Consciousness Created page with "(From L. conscientia;, from com-, with, and scire, to know). The psychosocial sphere of life and the historical process, which includes moral, religious, juridical, economic,..." current
- 14:2514:25, 19 September 2017 diff hist +2,507 N Slavery Created page with "(From Gr. sklabos, prisioner). Age-old institution entailing absolute dependence of one human being (the slave) on another or others (the slaveholder). The slave is regarded a..." current
- 14:1914:19, 19 September 2017 diff hist +238 N Siloism Created page with "System of ideas formulated by Silo, literary pseudonym of M. Rodríguez Cobos. S. is a philosophical humanism (*), but is also an attitude and approach encompassing the values..."
- 14:1814:18, 19 September 2017 diff hist +3,055 N Separatism Created page with "(From separate: L. separare). Doctrine and political movement that promotes the separation of a territory from a larger territory in order to achieve the independence of its p..." current
- 14:1514:15, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,151 N Self-Government Created page with "(From governance: L. gubernare, to govern). Self-management, self-government. In the democratic political system, this term is applied to territorial government bodies elected..." current
- 14:1314:13, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,481 N Security Created page with "(From secure and this from L. securum, free from danger and risk). Broadly, the whole system of guarantees that protects human rights, above all the right to life; maintenance..." current
- 14:1114:11, 19 September 2017 diff hist +2,913 N Science Created page with "(From L. scientiam). Cognitive and research activity that produces reasoned knowledge. Those who practice s. are designated scientists. The field of s. consists of the element..." current
18 September 2017
- 08:3408:34, 18 September 2017 diff hist +1,153 N Revolutionary democracy Created page with "Term introduced into international political language in the 1960s when, in several emerging states of Asia and Africa that rose from the ruins of the colonial system, the lea..." current
- 08:3208:32, 18 September 2017 diff hist +1,112 N Revolution Created page with "(from L. Revolutio action or effect of turning over, revolve). A sudden, profound change that implies an important break with the previous model and the emergence of a new one..." current
- 08:3108:31, 18 September 2017 diff hist +911 N Revanchism Created page with "(From OFr. revenche to take vengeance). Policies directed toward the recovery of lost territory, constitution, or power. Those who follow the politics of r. resort to any mean..." current
- 08:2508:25, 18 September 2017 diff hist +1,292 N Repression Created page with "(from L. repressio, action and effect of repressing, detaining). System of sanctions and discrimination exercised against internal and at times external adversaries of an exis..." current
- 08:2208:22, 18 September 2017 diff hist +3,308 N Renaissance Created page with "Rebirth, revival. The term R. refers to the spiritual and moral renewal observed in Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which came about through the restoration o..." current
- 08:2008:20, 18 September 2017 diff hist +891 N Religiosity Created page with "System of internal registers by means of which a believer orients their mental contents in a transcendent direction. R. is closely linked to faith, which can be oriented in na..." current
- 08:1808:18, 18 September 2017 diff hist +4,712 N Religion Created page with "(from religare, to bind, bind together). In broad terms it can be said that r. is based on the belief in spiritual beings. However, this does not apply fully to the original B..." current
- 08:1708:17, 18 September 2017 diff hist +809 N Regime Created page with "System of governing or ruling; constitution or practices of a government. Refers to a certain type of power and social administration as distinct from the stage of socioeconom..." current
- 08:1408:14, 18 September 2017 diff hist +1,002 N Reformism Created page with "(from L. reformare, redo or remake). A current or approach that seeks to carry out social, political and religious reforms. This political current proposes the modernization o..." current
- 08:1308:13, 18 September 2017 diff hist +363 N Reciprocity Created page with "Takes place between two or more persons or groups when an action realized or given by one is equivalent to that received from the other. N.H. follows the principle of r. in it..." current
- 08:0908:09, 18 September 2017 diff hist +1,076 N Radicalism Created page with "(from L. radix, root). Movement that seeks profound reform in the political, scientific, moral and religious order, and is opposed to the position of relativists. Historically..." current
- 08:0708:07, 18 September 2017 diff hist +744 N Quality of life Created page with "The most abstract and complex criterion of real or anticipated social welfare (*) of citizens. It is calculated on the basis of indices of the standard of living, health, the..." current
15 September 2017
- 11:1111:11, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,677 N Public opinion Created page with "(from L. opinionem, accepted concept or belief regarding something). A position or emotional attitude concerning particular issues or questions, on which people generally agre..." current
- 11:1011:10, 15 September 2017 diff hist +967 N Property Created page with "(from L. proprietas the right or faculty of enjoying and having something at one’s disposal to the exclusion of others’ will). Essential attribute or quality of a person o..." current
- 11:0911:09, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,642 N Problem of food supply, or hunger Created page with "One of the most acute contemporary global problems, affecting more than one and a half billion human beings worldwide, especially in the developing countries (*) and, most cr..." current
- 11:0711:07, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,286 N Pre-renaissance Humanism Created page with "Some authors have used this term to describe the Western historical humanism that began to develop in the mid-eleventh century. Among the exponents of this humanism can be inc..." current
- 11:0511:05, 15 September 2017 diff hist +2,616 N Power Created page with "(from L. potere, to be able). To have the capability, time, or opportunity to carry something out. The faculty and jurisdiction to order or to do something; authorization to c..." current
- 11:0411:04, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,451 N Post-industrial society Created page with "An advanced society from a technological point of view, that has surpassed or is in process of surpassing the traditional stage of extensive and intensive development of indus..." current
- 11:0211:02, 15 September 2017 diff hist +813 N Populism Created page with "(From L. populum, group of people that forms a community). Social movement or current in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that appeals to the masses. Its characteristic..." current
- 10:5810:58, 15 September 2017 diff hist +2,229 N Political party Created page with "(from L. partita, partitus: party). Union among people who follow the same interest or share the same opinion. It is a form of political organization that struggles to attain..." current
- 10:5710:57, 15 September 2017 diff hist +817 N Political culture Created page with "The integral part of civic culture (community spirit) that regulates the political relationships between citizens, political groups, and national and supranational institution..." current
- 10:4410:44, 15 September 2017 diff hist +960 N Planetarization Created page with "Radically distinguished from the concept of globalization. The latter corresponds to the trend toward imposing a worldwide homogeneity, driven by imperialism, the financial in..." current
- 10:4210:42, 15 September 2017 diff hist 0 Philosophical Humanism No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 15 September 2017 diff hist +705 N Philosophical Humanism Created page with "Position held by numerous exponents of Existentialism (*) and by representatives of various historicist currents. Some confused ideologies have also emerged based on so-called..."
- 10:3910:39, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,889 N Philosophical anti-Humanism Created page with " On the basis of the description developed by nineteenth-century scholars, existentialist thinkers accepted the view that humanism was a philosophy, thus clearing the way for..." current
- 10:3510:35, 15 September 2017 diff hist +486 N Philantrophy Created page with "In its root, love for humankind. In practice, various philanthropic associations began to emerge as early as the seventeenth century. These philanthropic societies developed i..." current
- 10:2510:25, 15 September 2017 diff hist +3,224 N Personalism Created page with "(from L. persona, mask, person). A philosophical theory that regards the human being and human freedom as the highest spiritual values. The notion of p. itself is much broader..." current
- 10:2310:23, 15 September 2017 diff hist +3,887 N Personal emplacement Created page with "At present, anything that may offer personal reference points, referred to action as well as to one’s psychological emplacement in front of this changing world, is subjected..." current
- 10:0710:07, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,345 N Perception Created page with "(from L. perceptio, from percipere, to grasp). Action and effect of apprehending a phenomenon through the senses, whether through the external senses or senses of the intrabod..." current
- 10:0010:00, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,444 N People Created page with "(from L. populum, the group of inhabitants of a place, region or country). 1) The entire population of a country. 2) Various forms of historical communities (tribe, nation, et..." current
- 09:5109:51, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1 Patriotism No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,530 N Patriotism Created page with "(from Gr. patriotes, fellow countryman). Feeling of affection for one’s native territory, and the disposition to defend it from external attacks. Underlying this sentiment i..."
- 09:4909:49, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,278 N Patriarchy Created page with "(from Gr. patriarkhes; power of the first fathers). Primitive social organization in which authority is exercised by a male head of family, whose power at times extends even t..." current
- 09:4809:48, 15 September 2017 diff hist −36 Anti-humanist attitude No edit summary
- 09:3609:36, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,613 N Paternalism Created page with "(from patres, belonging to the father or derived from him). Doctrine that regards employer and employees as partners in the company, and recommends a whole series of administr..." current
- 09:3509:35, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,462 N Pacifism Created page with "(from L. pacem: peace). Moral and political principle that recognizes human life as the supreme social and ethical value and sees its supreme ideal in the maintaining of peace..." current
- 07:3907:39, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,036 N Orthodoxy Created page with "(Gr. orthos, right, straight, true, and doxa, opinion). Conformity with the views officially held to be true. Dogmatic rectitude in political and social groups. Orthodox Churc..." current
- 07:2807:28, 15 September 2017 diff hist +708 N Oppression Created page with "(From L. oppressio, act and effect of oppressing, to exert pressure against something, to subject someone to excessive restraint, to the point of afflicting or tyrannizing the..." current
- 07:2707:27, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,122 N Opposition Created page with "(L. oppositio, place against, opposite). 1) Contraposition of a group’s own criteria, ideas and policies against the policies and ideas in power. Non-violent resistance to s..." current
- 07:2507:25, 15 September 2017 diff hist +1,438 N Opportunism Created page with "(from opportune; L. opportunum; something done or that happens at a particular moment, on purpose and when it is convenient). Personal behavior or political attitude that disp..." current