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Many challenges lie ahead in the development of a global information society. Culture and democracy are two areas which may be under particular threat. The book reflects on today's complex and uncertain cultural and democratic developments arising as a result of an increasingly global, technologically-connected world. In particular it focuses on the Internet, examining new metaphors for communication, defining the issues at stake and proposing options, actions and solutions. Among the issues discussed were: multi-cultural developments; cultural sensitivities and the involvement of cultural minorities; generation gaps; gender issues; technology access for the elderly and the disabled; technology transfer.
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.
Cuando ingresa al Collège de France en 1982, Pierre Bourdieu está especialmente interesado en reelaborar sus propios conceptos con vocación de síntesis y divulgación. Por eso, decide dedicar nada menos que cinco años a un curso de sociología general. Si en los primeros cursos se concentra en las nociones de habitus y campo, en el presente volumen, que corresponde a los últimos dos años, pone el foco en el poder, es decir, en los modos en que se distribuyen las diferentes especies de capital –el económico, el cultural– en cada campo del mundo social: el artístico, el científico, el político, el jurídico, el religioso. Quien habla en estas clases es un Bourdieu preocupado por...
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Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.