An important form of transmission of knowledge about the Spanish nation is based on the continuous telling of stories in which the nation features as a suprahistorical, perennial entity. Myths of national origin, golden-age legends, and epics of national heroes…

En este texto planteo diversas modos de caracterizar la sociedad del conocimiento, entendida como una hipótesis, un punto de partida, que puede ayudarnos a entender la realidad social contemporánea tras la crisis de la modernidad que es visible a partir…

In advanced capitalism, science and technology are at the forefront of production. Nevertheless, traditional forms of reasoning (fuzzy logic, I+D+i, ...) , or what Marx called "general intellect", far from being simply subordinated, are being fundamentally reconstituted in line with…

La emergencia de las ciencias sociales está ligada a la constitución de una red de tecnologías, conocimientos, prácticas y discursos para regular y gobernar la sociedad; desarrollando formas de control en el que las ciencias sociales juegan un papel central.…

It is argued that thinking, specially everyday and social thinking, is based on a sort of mythical thought, that which is not true because it is verified, but because we believe in. Culture belongs to it. Namely, the idea of…

A problematização das práticas de intervenção na área psi tem sido orientada, muitas vezes, por alguns conceitos foucaultianos como poder, saber e regimes de verdade e tem introduzido questões diferenciadas em relação àquelas que tradicionalmente tem-se caracterizado como uma compreensão…

Se pretende en este trabajo mostrar la gran utilidad que para el conocimiento psicosociológico del ser humano tendría el estudio de las relaciones entre la Psicología Social y la Literatura. En efecto, todo análisis psicosocial de la novela, por una…

This article finds fault with three practices in  social psychology. The first, interpretative condescension, is visible in social psychology's use of the “person” as a term, concept, notion, and so on. Generally, “persons” are taken to be “cultural dopes”, for…

The imperative to develop has a long history of criticisms and adjustments since its genesis after World War II. In spite of this, as I argue here, we continue situating ourselves inside the imaginary of development, reproducing its classifications and…

According to some definitions, the introduction of a paper, apart from exposing its objectives, should be the stimulant that generates interest in a deeper reading and a wider appraisal. With this definition in mind, I submit for this issue of…