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Estudios de paz
Desde su emergencia, a mediados de los cuarenta, los estudios de paz y los campos disciplinares que surgieron en su seno, han hecho visible un ámbito de análisis, conocimiento y acción sobre la paz de carácter amplio, profundo, robusto, innovador, transformador y esperanzador. También han evidenciado su dinamización en un ámbito disciplinar, inter y transdisciplinar. El libro aborda dichos estudios, desde este campo, en capítulos producto de un ejercicio situado de investigación para la paz en algunos casos, y en otros de investigación social en Colombia. Desde esa perspectiva, se sostiene que Colombia es un escenario fértil para la construcción de la paz y las paces negociadas, y se analiza la construcción de la paz territorial en el posacuerdo, la economía para la paz como modo de vida, las encrucijadas de la memoria y la reparación, la educación para la paz en escenarios formativos, y la espiritualidad, las creencias y la paz. Por último, se documenta la expresión de estos estudios y de la investigación para la paz en la Universidad de La Salle.
Resiliencia, sostenibilidad e informalidad
Este libro recopila varios capítulos, resultado de investigación de cuatro universidades que integran la Red de Resiliencia y Sostenibilidad, en ellos se reconocen diferentes formas de relacionamiento entre conceptos, formas de entender y prácticas de resiliencia, sostenibilidad e informalidad, evidencia de variadas posturas académicas e investigativas en territorios urbanos y rurales de Colombia. Los capítulos presentan metodologías teórico-prácticas y herramientas de aproximación al territorio en múltiples contextos y escalas variadas en donde la informalidad, tanto en barrios como en regiones, han dado lugar a diversas estrategias que demuestran la capacidad de gestionar mejores condiciones de vida por parte de las comunidades y aportar al desarrollo territorial.
Entre la razón y la sinrazón
"El propósito de este libro es hacer un análisis histórico y antropológico de las enfermedades mentales o "males del alma" en Colombia, pero centrado en un tipo de medicina denominada "híbrida" en el marco de este texto, puesto que oscila entre lo clínico y lo no clínico, o entre la razón y la creencia. De ahí el título de la obra, el cual, en un juego de palabras, enfrenta el paradigma ilustrado (positivista) de la razón con aquel paradigma que se inscribe más en el orden del saber tradicional o popular. Del mismo modo, así como el concepto de "enfermedad mental" ha sido acogido más por la práctica médica clínica desde el siglo XIX, la noción de "males del alma" se ha asociado de manera general a la medicina tradicional. "
El esoterismo y sus discursos
El esoterismo y sus discursos presenta cinco recorridos analíticos que abordan objetos diversos: empaques de jabones, volantes publicitarios, anuncios clasificados, novenas y horóscopos, géneros discursivos producidos en el campo del esoterismo escasamente indagados por las ciencias del lenguaje. El autor investiga desde la perspectiva interpretativa del análisis del discurso la manera en que el sometimiento amoroso, la calidad de los servicios esotéricos, el posicionamiento de la marca del esoterista, la legalización de la devoción a una santa popular y la credibilidad de la predicción son gestionados discursivamente. Estos estudios ponen de manifiesto los variados mecanismos de eje...
The Owners of Kinship
The Owners of Kinship investigates how kinship in Indigenous Amazonia is derived from the asymmetrical relation between an "owner" and his or her dependents. Through a comprehensive ethnography of the Kanamari, Luiz Costa shows how this relationship is centered around the bond created between the feeder and the fed. Building on anthropological studies of the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of food and its role in establishing relations of asymmetrical mutuality and kinship, this book breaks theoretical ground for studies in Amazonia and beyond. By investigating how the feeding relation traverses Kanamari society--from the relation between women and the pets they raise, shaman and familiar spirit, mother and child, chiefs and followers, to those between the Brazilian state and the Kanamari--The Owners of Kinship reveals how the mutuality of kinship is determined by the asymmetry of ownership.
The future of development
In his 1949 inaugural address, President Harry S. Truman heralded the era of international development, a "worldwide effort for the achievement of peace, plenty, and freedom" that would aim to "greatly increase the industrial activity in other nations and. . . . raise substantially their standards of living." At the time, more than half of the world's population lived in areas defined as underdeveloped; today, that figure surprisingly remains the same. Arguing that such persistent stagnation resulted partly from poor comprehension of the terms "developed" and "underdeveloped," this provocative book revises our understanding of these fraught concepts. Demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development, the authors introduce the alternative concept of buen vivir a state of living well. They contend that everyone on the planet can achieve this state, but only if we all begin living as communities rather than individuals and nurture our respective commons. With their unique take on a famously difficult issue, they offer new hope for the future of development--and of humankind.
Grassroots Postmodernism
With the publication of this remarkable book in 1998, Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash instigated a complete epistemological rupture. Grassroots Post-modernism attacks the three sacred cows of modernity: global thinking, the universality of human rights and the self-sufficient individual. Rejecting the constructs of development in all its forms, Esteva and Prakash argue that even alternative development prescriptions deprive the people of control over their own lives, shifting this control to bureaucrats, technocrats and educators. Rather than presuming that human progress fits a predetermined mould, leading towards an increasing homogenization of cultures and lifestyles, the authors argue for a ‘radical pluralism’ that honours and nurtures distinctive cultural variety and enables many paths to the realization of self-defined aspirations. This classic text is essential reading for those looking beyond neoliberalism, the global project and the individual self.
Escaping Education
"Escaping Education challenges the modern certainly that education is a universal good and a human right. It opens doors to alternative landscapes of learning and living that still flourish at the grassroots, within the cultures of the uneducated, the undereducated, and the illiterate who constitute the social majorities or the Two-Thirds World. It celebrates the richness of their traditions, their pluriverse or commons, common sense, and communal teaching, keeping at bay the modern reign of homo oeconomicus and homo educandus, Standing the all-too-familiar tale of education on its head, it joins the regeneration of soil cultures, resisting cultural meltdown in the global classroom."--BOOK JACKET.
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Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, originally titled Geographia and written in the second century, is a depiction of the geography of the Roman Empire at the time. Though inaccurate due to Ptolemy's varying methods of measurement and use of outdated data, Geography of Claudius Ptolemy is nonetheless an excellent example of ancient geographical study and scientific method. This edition contains more than 40 maps and illustrations, reproduced based on Ptolemy's original manuscript. It remains a fascinating read for students of scientific history and Greek influence. CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY (A.D. 90- A.D. 168) was a poet, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and geographer who wrote in Greek, though he was a Roman citizen. He is most well-known for three scientific treatises he wrote on astronomy, astrology, and geography, respectively titled Almagest, Apotelesmatika, and Geographia. His work influenced early Islamic and European studies, which in turn influenced much of the modern world. Ptolemy died in Alexandria as a member of Greek society.
