On the social impact of the Apollo 8 Earthrise photo, or the lack of it?

In this article, the various forms of contemporary news reports are explored of the Apollo 8 Earthrise pictures and whole Earth images photographed by the astronauts. Already during this flight to the Moon, that took place at the end of December of 1968, remarkable differences in perceptions, emotions, and interpretations emerged between the United States and Western Europe and, more likely than not, the rest of the world as well, concerning the Earth and humanity’s place on it. Furthermore, it appears that within both continents a considerable portion of the population was hardly affected by these pictures, if at all. These differences in perceptions have evolved over the past fifty years, while many of them continue to exist today. All of this will be examined in some detail with emphasis on what happened during and right after the flight of Apollo 8

Religious Regimes in Peru

This inquiry deals with religion and politics in Peru from the beginning of agrarisation, c. 8000 B.C. up until AD 1991. Of central importance for the analysis are state formation and development, the relations between church and state, the internal and external relations within and among the various religious groupings. These national themes are illustrated at a local level by the examination of the history of the Andean village of Zurite, situated near the regional centre Cusco

Complexity in Big History

Big history can also be summarized as providing an overview of the rise and demise of complexity in all its forms and manifestations ever since the beginning of the universe. If we want to pursue this approach to big history, we need a theoretical framework that facilitates us to do so. In this article I propose such a scheme based on energy flows through matter that are needed for complexity to emerge, and often also to continue to exist, within certain favorable boundaries (“Goldilocks Circumstances”)

The Structures of Big History: From the Big Bang Until Today

The social and natural sciences have more in common than most people would perhaps suspect. This thought-provoking study, the first of its kind ever attempted, presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the Universe, the Solar System, Earth, life and humankind. It contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies, such as the root causes for the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early states. --Jacket.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-big-history/1012/thumbnail.jp

Complexity in Big History

Big history can also be summarized as providing an overview of the rise and demise of complexity in all its forms and manifestations ever since the beginning of the universe. If we want to pursue this approach to big history, we need a theoretical framework that facilitates us to do so. In this article I propose such a scheme based on energy flows through matter that are needed for complexity to emerge, and often also to continue to exist, within certain favorable boundaries (“Goldilocks Circumstances”)

The Structure of Big History

The social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspect. This thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankind. The focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of history. It contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early states

Evolution: Cosmic, Biological, Social

https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-big-history/1066/thumbnail.jp

Figuraciones en proceso

En esta obra, Vera Weiler ha compilado textos escritos por Norbert Elias y algunos de sus seguidores que conforman lo que se puede llamar la escuela eliasiana. A partir de la teoría de la civilización, el pensador europeo expone su análisis sociológico. / Contenido. Preliminares; Capítulo 1 - ¿Cómo pueden las utopías científicas y literarias influir sobre el futuro?; Capítulo 2 - La teoría de la civilización: crítica y perspectiva; Capítulo 3 - La paradoja de la pacificación; Capítulo 4 - Violencia, castigo, el cuerpo y el honor: una revaluación; Capítulo 5 - Negociaciones y emociones; Capítulo 6 - Sobre la sociogénesis de una tercera naturaleza en la civilización de las emociones; Capítulo 7 - Teoría de los procesos y globalización; Capítulo 8 - La teoría del proceso de la civilización de Norbert Elias nuevamente en discusión. Una explotación de la emergente sociología de los regímenes; Anexos