Civilization is a concept that ontologically defines the individual and the communities in which it develops. The most global civilization is the one that has emerged in the West. Civilization is not something static, but an organism that draws its roots from the distan...

A partir da analise de textos historiograficos pretendemos discutir no presente artigo as imagens de “decadencia” e “pobreza” da capitania de Sao Paulo na segunda metade do seculo XVIII. Com essa perspectiva, ao examinarmos de que modo tais expressoes serviram de argume...

Humourisation of the offensive occupies a position of distinctive prominence in our study of how we experience humour. The offensive is often found to be closely linked with obscene expressions and the mind’s response towards them. This correlation between the obscene a...

La Segunda Guerra Mundial se caracterizó por ser un enfrentamiento en que primó el aspecto ideológico a la hora de conformar los bandos que se enfrentaron así como de construir al enemigo. Esto condujo a que adoptara características propias de choque en el plano interna...

Resumen El gobierno de los Estados Unidos, bajo la idea de la defensa de los intereses de sus connacionales en México, a través de notas diplomáticas desconoció una parte del contenido de la prescripción I del artículo 27 de la Constitución de 1927, dando paso a un dife...

Piedras Blancas National Park, in southern Costa Rica, is an important component of two biological corridors connecting the Osa Peninsula (Corcovado National Park) and La Amistad International Park. Understanding the mammal community composition of Piedras Blancas will ...

التراث الديني أحــد روافد اقتصاد العراق أذ تضم أرض العراق وخاصَة مدينة بغداد "منطقة الدراسة "أراضي خصبة ومياه وفيرة ويشقه نهري دجلة والفرات ومصادر اخرى كالبحيرات والمواقع الاثرية والحضارية بالإضافة الى الاضرحة المقدسة والمراقد الدينية لدى المسلمين والطوائف الأخرى حيث تم...

This article is the editor's introduction to the special issue of the Journal of World-Systems Research, entitled The World-Historical Imagination: Giovanni Arrighi's The Long Twentieth Century in Prospect and Retrospect.

RESUMO No século XVI, a Espanha foi palco de uma série de escritos que visavam definir não apenas as regras que deveriam conduzir a escrita da história, mas também as qualidades esperadas de um bom cronista. Justificavam os autores dessas obras que a imagem de um reino ...

This article attempts to analyze inter-cultural ritual (therapeutic and divinatory) interaction between the aLuund and Chokwe of Southwestern Zaire. The fact that the aLuund turn to neighbouring groups for ritual and therapeutic assistance invites questions with regard ...