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05:0905:09, 23 September 2017 diff hist +883‎ N World Center for Humanist Studies ‎ Created 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 ownership ‎ Created 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 issues ‎ Created 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 War ‎ Created 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 Violence ‎ Created 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 Utopia ‎ Created 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 Humanism ‎ Created 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 Unionism ‎ Created 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 Unemployment ‎ Created 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

08:1608:16, 22 September 2017 diff hist +942‎ N Tyranny ‎ Created 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 Totalitarism ‎ Created 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 Tolstoyism ‎ Created 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 Tolerance ‎ Created 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 Time ‎ Created 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 Thesis ‎ Created 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 Humanism ‎ Created 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 theme ‎ Created 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 Technology ‎ Created 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

08:2708:27, 21 September 2017 diff hist +2,646‎ N Suffering ‎ Created 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 life ‎ Created 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 Structure ‎ Created 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 Structuralism ‎ Created 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 Humanism ‎ Created 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 State ‎ Created 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 Space ‎ Created 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 Solidarity ‎ Created 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 Society ‎ Created 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 Socialism ‎ Created 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 welfare ‎ Created 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 stratification ‎ Created 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 Security ‎ Created 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 rule ‎ Created 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

14:5414:54, 19 September 2017 diff hist +1,737‎ N Social reformist ‎ Created 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 mobil ‎ Created 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 group ‎ Created 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
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

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

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

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