HOMENAJE A EDGAR MORIN

¿Que es el cambio social? ¿Como distinguirlo del mero reajuste social o una moda episódica? ¿Es inevitable o no que la sociedad cambie? Y, en cualquier caso, ¿Es bueno el cambio social por sí mismo conlleva aparejados efectos indeseados o retos no previstos? Estas y otras preguntas esenciales se han planteado y ha intentado contestar la sociología desde su fundación el siglo XIX. Por ello, el estudio sobre el cambio social conforma una parte fundamental de la sociología para permitir identificar y saber utilizar las posibilidades analíticas del concepto "cambio social" en las...

A study of the evolution of settlement patterns in the Vera Basin and Almanzora river valley in Almeriá, south-east Spain. The surveys carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s provided the material on which this study is based and helps to reconstruct the development of settlement from the early Phoenician colonisation of the area in the 8th century BC to Late Antiquity and the early 8th century AD. Appendices contain the archaeological data. Spanish text; summaries in English and French.

The Secret Sex of Money throws the spotlight on female forms of dependence such as Money, Sex, Power and Subordination. As has always been the case, economic independence is no guarantee of a woman's autonomy. This book offers a lucid analysis of money from the Western perspective of relationships between women and men in the context of a patriarchal culture; relationships that are sometimes governed by power and domination, even in the innermost recesses of our daily lives. Clara Coria denounces the discrimination that women face in their acquisition, management and production of money. A...

A Spanish journalist offers a minute-by-minute account of the 2007 murders at Virginia Tech, examines the killer's state of mind as revealed in his writings and photographs, and discusses gun control, violence, and American society.