España al desnudo (1931-2007)

Spanish translation of "Your life in your hands". A guide to understanding, preventing and overcoming breast cancer.

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.

Un mundo convulso, caótico y desigual como el que vivimos requiere de líderes apasionados y activos, que vean por los otros antes que por sí mismos, abiertos a la escucha y la colaboración, que trabajen constructivamente para incidir en la transformación de las estructuras que afligen a nuestra sociedad y para lograr la reconciliación de los seres humanos con todos sus semejantes y con el planeta en el que habitamos. Este tipo de liderazgo es el que enseña la Compañía de Jesús y que promueve en esta obra, en que se exponen los principales lineamientos que siguen los jesuitas para...

Each year, for three days in September, the citizens of Jocotan, an ancient indigenous community near Guadalajara, Mexico, symbolically reenact the Spanish conquest of Mexico in mock battles between Santiago, the patron saint of Spain, and the Tastoanes, the leaders of the indigenous resistance. Paradoxically, the Jocotenos honor Santiago, their special protector, and incorporate both Christian and indigenous practices and beliefs in their fiesta. Employing the concept of hegemony, the author explores what the festival means culturally to the community and shows how it enables Jocotenos to...