Understanding Social Movements and Political Change

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Course Outline

  1. Sujeto histórico: dimensión individual y social
  2. Estado y bien común en la vida política
  3. Ciudadanía activa y participación política
  4. Movimientos sociales: definición y actores
  5. Movimientos sociales en el siglo XX
  6. Movimientos sociales: ampliación en la segunda mitad
  7. Movimientos sociales en el siglo XXI

1. Sujeto histórico: dimensión individual y social

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Sujeto histórico: A historical subject is a person or group that takes part actively or passively in a process and influences events through action, resistance, organization, or thought.
  • Acción, resistencia y organización: These are ways historical subjects influence events by acting, resisting, organizing, or shaping ideas during a historical process.
  • Actores individuales: Individual actors are single people such as leaders, citizens, or intellectuals who participate in historical processes.
  • Actores colectivos: Collective actors are groups such as peoples, social movements, communities, or social classes that participate in historical processes.
  • Conocimiento histórico: Historical knowledge is a product of ongoing constructions and rewritings that changes as history itself changes.

Essential Points

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1. What best describes a historical subject in the study of history?

2. Which pair correctly matches the types of actors involved in historical processes?

3. What is the state in political life?

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Sujeto histórico — definition?

Individuals or groups influencing history through action or thought.

State — purpose?

Regulate social life for the community’s common good.

Sujeto histórico: definition

Person or group influencing historical events.

Actores colectivos

Groups like social movements or communities.

Estado: key feature

Sovereign institutions regulate social life.

Bien común

Conditions enabling individual and group good.

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