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5 October 2017

29 September 2017

23 September 2017

  • 05:0905:09, 23 September 2017 diff hist +883 N World Center for Humanist StudiesCreated page with "WORLD CENTER FOR HUMANIST STUDIES The creation of the W.C. for H.S. was created by a resolution of the Humanist Forum (*). This institution for research in the social sciences..."
  • 05:0605:06, 23 September 2017 diff hist +11,576 N Worker ownershipCreated page with "Form of property (*) in which the workers of a company participate not only through wages or salary but also in the profits and especially the management (*) of the enterprise..." current
  • 05:0105:01, 23 September 2017 diff hist +941 N Woman's issuesCreated page with "A general term referring to the whole matrix of problems brought about by the condition of inequality, injustice and subordination of women in contemporary societies. The ongo..." current
  • 04:5904:59, 23 September 2017 diff hist +2,411 N WarCreated page with "(from OHG. werra, quarrel). Open, armed conflict between tribes, clans, states, large social, religious, or ethnic groups; the strongest form of violence. There have been more..." current
  • 04:5804:58, 23 September 2017 diff hist +5,031 N ViolenceCreated page with "(from L. violentiam, excessive use of force). The simplest, most frequently employed and most effective mode for maintaining power and supremacy, for imposing one’s will ove..." current
  • 04:5604:56, 23 September 2017 diff hist +1,087 N UtopiaCreated page with "(Gr. ou, not, and topos, place. A place that does not exist). From the title of the book Utopia (1516) by English statesman and author Sir Thomas Moore, that described an imag..." current
  • 04:5504:55, 23 September 2017 diff hist +1,045 N Universal HumanismCreated page with "Also called New Humanism (*). Characterized by an emphasis on the humanist attitude (*). The humanist attitude is not a philosophy but a point of view, a sensibility and a way..." current
  • 04:5304:53, 23 September 2017 diff hist +1,597 N UnionismCreated page with "(From L. unio). Association formed to defend the professional and economic interests common to its members. System of organization of salaried workers based on unions. U. was..." current
  • 04:4904:49, 23 September 2017 diff hist +2,368 N UnemploymentCreated page with "(From L. implicare, to enfold, engage). Lack of work, involuntary idleness. A social phenomenon provoked by natural or social disasters and present in virtually all societies..." current

22 September 2017

  • 08:1608:16, 22 September 2017 diff hist +942 N TyrannyCreated page with "(From L. tyrannum). Government exercised by a tyrant, whether an individual or a reduced group, who obtain absolute power through violence and against established law. Tyrants..." current
  • 08:1408:14, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,687 N TotalitarismCreated page with "(from L. totalis, the whole, all). 1) Ideology that seeks to subordinate the human being to the complete and total domination of the omnipotent State, through sociol-psycholog..." current
  • 08:1208:12, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,150 N TolstoyismCreated page with "Ideological current of the disciples of Russian writer and thinker Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), that propounded the ideas of non-violence, love for the human being, the overcomi..." current
  • 08:0808:08, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,574 N ToleranceCreated page with "(From tolerate: L. tolerare). Moral quality that expresses an attentive and respectful attitude on the part of a person, group, institution, or society with respect to the int..." current
  • 08:0508:05, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,344 N TimeCreated page with "(From L. tempus). One of the most general concepts that characterize the universe. In different cultures t. is conceived of and measured in different ways. In ancient times th..." current
  • 08:0408:04, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,396 N ThesisCreated page with "Doctrinal proposals of the Humanist Party, approved in the first Humanist International (*). Thesis Four, which is especially descriptive of the political vision of the party,..." current
  • 08:0208:02, 22 September 2017 diff hist +291 N Theocentric HumanismCreated page with "A position characterized by its similarity with certain proposals of other humanism, but always starting from the idea of the divinity. Christian Humanism (*) is one case of t..." current
  • 07:5407:54, 22 September 2017 diff hist +232 N The most important themeCreated page with "An expression in N.H. alluding to one’s personal emplacement and approach to life. This theme consists in knowing whether and in what conditions one wants to live (*personal..." current
  • 07:5007:50, 22 September 2017 diff hist +1,737 N TechnologyCreated page with "(Gr. techne, art, craft, skill also Gr. teckne: a set of rules, system or method of making or doing). Science (*) should not be confused with the body of practical application..." current

21 September 2017

  • 08:2708:27, 21 September 2017 diff hist +2,646 N SufferingCreated page with "In N.H., the problems of pain and s. are of the greatest importance. A distinction is made between pain (as a psycho-physical response to bodily injury, whether it comes from..." current
  • 08:2108:21, 21 September 2017 diff hist +1,302 N Style of lifeCreated page with "(From L. stilum, from Gr. stylos, stick). Historical ensemble of communicational features of and system of images and methods of artistic creation of a personality or group of..." current
  • 08:1908:19, 21 September 2017 diff hist +2,009 N StructureCreated page with "This term can be defined in both a broad and a narrow sense. A series of random numbers is still a “series” or, more broadly defined, a s. Only something definitively amor..." current
  • 08:1708:17, 21 September 2017 diff hist +2,987 N StructuralismCreated page with "Philosophical current that arose in the decade of the 1960s, especially in France. It is a “way of thinking” that unites very different authors, who express themselves in..." current
  • 08:0708:07, 21 September 2017 diff hist +133 N Statement of new HumanismCreated page with "Also called Statement of the Humanist Movement or Humanist Statement (*Humanist Statement). category: Dictionary of New Humanism" current
  • 08:0008:00, 21 September 2017 diff hist +2,814 N StateCreated page with "(From L. statum). Basic instrument of political power. Its principle characteristics are: 1) a monopoly on violence, which is delegated to various armed organizations; 2) the..." current
  • 07:5807:58, 21 September 2017 diff hist +1,496 N SpaceCreated page with "(From L. spatium). Container of all coexisting perceptible objects; the part of this container occupied by each object; extent of a site, terrain, or place. One of the most ge..." current
  • 07:5707:57, 21 September 2017 diff hist +1,255 N SolidarityCreated page with "(From L. solidus, solid). A comprehension or awareness of the community of feelings, interests and ideals, or common objectives among people and their corresponding actions. I..." current
  • 07:5607:56, 21 September 2017 diff hist +893 N SocietyCreated page with "(From L. societas). Natural or consensual grouping of persons that constitutes a unity distinct from each of its individuals. A form or system of joint coexistence of human be..." current
  • 07:5007:50, 21 September 2017 diff hist +588 N SocialismCreated page with "Social system in which there are no economic divisions, but an approximation to a classless society with the means of production under the control of society. There are social..." current
  • 07:4907:49, 21 September 2017 diff hist +866 N Social welfareCreated page with "Well-being of society. Object and measure of the progress of society. Also refers to self-organization, equality and prosperity of the citizens, to the scope of their rights a..." current
  • 07:4107:41, 21 September 2017 diff hist +1,596 N Social stratificationCreated page with "1) Configuration and relationship between the generations that constitute a society. One of the instruments of study used in this analysis is the population pyramid. 2) Format..." current
  • 07:3807:38, 21 September 2017 diff hist +395 N Social SecurityCreated page with "Body of legislative measures and corresponding institutions that cover or protect against the risks faced by citizens, principally with regard to work and health. These measur..." current
  • 07:3507:35, 21 September 2017 diff hist +1,632 N Social ruleCreated page with "(social: L. socialis, from socius, companion. Role: Fr. role; L. rotulus, cylinder). Character or agency through which one participates in the affairs of society. A person’s..." current

19 September 2017

  • 14:5414:54, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,737 N Social reformistCreated page with "A political tendency within the labor movement and social-democratic parties. This current denies the inevitability of class struggle and the socialist revolution; reformists..." current
  • 14:4614:46, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,165 N Social mobilCreated page with "Change of social status of a person or group within the social structure. “Horizontal” mobility is manifested in the transiting of persons from one sphere to another while..." current
  • 14:4114:41, 19 September 2017 diff hist +2,633 N Social groupCreated page with "A community bound together by more or less strong bonds of profession, interests, work, religion, etc. Within the s.g. a system of roles and rules forms spontaneously, leader..." current
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