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Las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas en la Universidad de Antioquia
Nuevos espacios para la institucionalización de las ciencias sociales se abrieron en el siglo xx en Colombia. La incorporación a la economía mundial generó modos de producción distintos y un nuevo dinamismo que se transmitió a la sociedad. El patrón social predominante se alteró con el incremento del volumen de trabajadores asalariados y con la formación de las clases medias urbanas, que en la segunda mitad de la centuria habrán de convertirse en la gran cantera para el reclutamiento de intelectuales. Aspectos como el crecimiento urbano, la industrialización y el desarrollo del capitalismo determinaron la necesidad de establecer programas académicos sociales y humanísticos para ...
El cobarde no hace historia
A comienzos de la década de 1970, un grupo de intelectuales colombianos liderados por el innovador sociólogo Orlando Fals Borda creó un colectivo dedicado a la investigación-activista, llamado La Rosca de Investigación y Acción Social. Mediante una combinación de sociología e investigación histórica con un compromiso firme con movimientos sociales de base, Fals Borda y sus colegas colaboraron con organizaciones indígenas y campesinas en diferentes regiones de Colombia. En El cobarde no hace historia, Joanne Rappaport analiza el desarrollo de la investigación-acción participativa en la Costa Caribe y explica que Fals Borda abandonó los marcos investigativos positivistas tradicio...
Cowards Don't Make History
In the early 1970s, a group of Colombian intellectuals led by the pioneering sociologist Orlando Fals Borda created a research-activist collective called La Rosca de Investigación y Acción Social (Circle of Research and Social Action). Combining sociological and historical research with a firm commitment to grassroots social movements, Fals Borda and his colleagues collaborated with indigenous and peasant organizations throughout Colombia. In Cowards Don’t Make History Joanne Rappaport examines the development of participatory action research on the Caribbean coast, highlighting Fals Borda’s rejection of traditional positivist research frameworks in favor of sharing his own authority a...
Memorias: 1935-1947
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Dictators and Democrats
A rigorous and comprehensive account of recent democratic transitions around the world From the 1980s through the first decade of the twenty-first century, the spread of democracy across the developing and post-Communist worlds transformed the global political landscape. What drove these changes and what determined whether the emerging democracies would stabilize or revert to authoritarian rule? Dictators and Democrats takes a comprehensive look at the transitions to and from democracy in recent decades. Deploying both statistical and qualitative analysis, Stephen Haggard and Robert Kaufman engage with theories of democratic change and advocate approaches that emphasize political and institu...
Lincoln President-Elect
One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency—there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states, even at the cost of civil war. Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the Great Secession Winter—the four months between his election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861—when he rejected compromises urged on him by Republicans and Democrats, Northerners and Southerners, that might have preserved the Union a li...
Investigaciones en gestión del riesgo de desastres para Colombia
La Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD) a través de la Comisión Nacional Asesora de Investigación en Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en cumplimiento de su misionalidad, de los planes y la agenda internacional, presentan el Libro de Investigaciones en Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres para Colombia. Contribuciones locales, regionales y nacionales. Esta publicación desarrolla capítulos sobre gestión del riesgo de desastres relacionados con: calidad de agua, amenaza por tsunami, corredores viales, avenidas torrenciales, incendios forestales, percepción del riesgo, campesinos, biodiversidad y servicios ecosistémicos, soluciones basadas en la naturaleza, lecciones aprendidas y respondedores de emergencias. Estos capítulos hacen avanzar el conocimiento nacional con aportes desde la academia, entidades técnico-científicas, profesionales independientes y otros actores del SNGRD.
Path to a Meaningful Life
Life is a gift. To be alive in this world of chaos and uncertainties is a privilege we must not take for granted. Life is more precious than diamond. It is more precious because it is not sold in the supermarket. No matter how rich you are, you cannot buy life. Yes, you are right; I understand that money can give you access to the best health facilities in the world. It can afford you the opportunity to be treated by the best doctors in the world and the opportunity to replace your failing organs so as to remain as healthy as a horse, but have you seen anyone who lives forever? No one does. We all die. Whether rich or poor, life remains what money cannot buy and shouldn’t be taken for granted. How do we live a meaningful life? How do we make the most of this precious gift called life? How do we embark on the path that leads to living a meaningful and successful life? Well, I will like to believe you decided to read this piece because you will like to find answers to all these questions and more. I am glad you made this decision. Now is the time to embark on the journey into the world of meaningful and successful life.
King of the Badgers
After the success of The Northern Clemency, shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us another slice of contemporary life, this time the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of a small English town.
