What era is secular music? Non-religious secular music and sacred music were the two main genres of Western music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance era. The oldest written examples of secular music are songs with Latin lyrics. Was a type of secular musician in the Middle Ages? Secular Music in the Middle Ages Troubadours, […]
The sociology of The Broken
Source: Fourth Power | By Julian Sauquillo Alfonso Ortí, among the best sociologists of Spain, says that The Broken is the best sociologist existing Every morning, without fail, The Broken, sharp eye, tears the reality. Vapulea coldly that substance that is presented to us, from politics and the economy, as inevitable. The hits to leave […]
Kumbha Mela. The spiritual celebration largest in the world
The first book in Spanish about the festival, largest in the world. The hindu traditions have many followers in the West. The author has a blog well-visited and influential. With a spread of illustrations to color. A book invaluable for those looking to soak in the hindu tradition, and a brilliant approach to the universal […]
Javier Prieto. Sociology
Javier Prieto, based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is a student of Sociology at the UNED, as stated in his blog: […] seeks to learn, to apprehend, to show and share the different thoughts traditional and contemporary of this social science [Sociology]. Javier Prieto is a great friend and one of the best companions that […]
Göran Therborn, Doctor Honoris Causa by the national university of distance education 2014
The past January 28, the sociologist Swedish Göran Therborn was invested Doctor Honoris Causa at the UNED during the celebration of the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The professor of Sociology of the UNED, Jose Felix Tezanos Tortajada, was the godfather of Göran Therborn, a sociologist and political scientist that stood out as an intellectual […]
Interview with Fermín Bouza
The conservative cycle in Europe seems to be coming to an end. Fermín Bouza (Santiago de Compostela, 1946), professor of Sociology, Complutense University, please be assured that France will open the gap of a Europe ruled by the left to relax the current austerity policy imposed by Angela Merkel. Bouza intervened a few days in […]
Rethinking happiness
These last few weeks I’ve been finishing a book that, since a long time, was on my list of books pending: I speak of the work of the psychologist Daniel Kahneman think fast, Think slow. Kahneman, a Nobel laureate in economics, has passed into the history of science for his work, along with Amos Tversky […]
Zygmunt Bauman and education in a world of diasporas
The interest it has in the framework of social education, we rescued today an article written by José López Ponce on the conference that Zygmunt Bauman held in November 2008 during his visit to the city of Barcelona. Source: Rhizomatic. By José López Ponce (28/11/2008) Education in a world of diasporas, is the title of […]
Spot promotion grade Sociology University of Alicante
The Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Alicante, through the departments of Sociology I and Sociology II, and other institutions, has developed a spot enterprise to promote the degree in Sociology from the University of Alicante. This video, aimed especially at students of secondary education, summarizes the general aspects of the […]
What are some examples of identity crisis?
What are some examples of identity crisis? You’re questioning who you are — overall or with regards to a certain life aspect such as relationships, age, or career. You’re experiencing great personal conflict due to the questioning of who you are or your role in society. Big changes have recently occurred that have affected your […]