Instinctus. La química del arte

El estigma del fracaso escolar es un libro que da voz a estudiantes de escuela secundaria que vivieron trayectorias escolares con sobresaltos. Muestra historias singulares en las que la identificación de los jóvenes con algunos adultos –docentes, directivos, tutores– y con formatos escolares abiertos y alternativos, les permite imaginar otros futuros posibles y, así, "salirse" del círculo de la exclusión al que parecen inicialmente condenados. Este libro es una invitación a discutir con los determinismos y resistir la idea de las "cartas marcadas" del mazo social para dar cuenta de...

Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape." After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charriere's...

The issue of social welfare and individual responsibility has become a topic of international public debate in recent years as politicians around the world now question the legitimacy of state-funded welfare systems. David Schmidtz and Robert Goodin debate the ethical merits of individual versus collective responsibility for welfare. David Schmidtz argues that social welfare policy should prepare people for responsible adulthood rather than try to make that unnecessary. Robert Goodin argues against the individualization of welfare policy and expounds the virtues of collective responsibility.

En la década del 80, terminada la 2da ola feminista, surge en EEUU el concepto de interseccionalidad. El que expande su uso hacia las cs. sociales, valorado como una oportunidad teórica para comprender la complejidad de la desigualdad social.