¿El fin de la naturaleza? Paradojas sociales de la idea moderna de libertad

Resumen: Se estudian los principales problemas que presenta la concepción moderna de libertad frente a la naturaleza. Primero, surge el problema de la liberación respecto del mundo objetivo, la cual trae aparejado la destrucción del entorno y el cuestionamiento de la viabilidad de la especie. Segundo, se presenta el problema de la complejizacion de lo social, frente al que sucumbe, en gran medida, el tema de la liberación política. Se concluye con la búsqueda de algunas alternativas ante estos dilemas. Abstract The article analyzes the problems posed by the modern conception of freedom before nature. The first to arise is the problem posed by the modern conception of freedom before nature. The first to arise is the problem of the emancipation from the objective world which brings along the destruction of the environment and the questioning about the viability of the species. The second problem is the complex character of the social life before whom succumbs, largely the issue of political emancipation. The article concludes which the search of some alternatives to these dilemmas.

La Ideología de los pequeños y medianos productores cafetaleros costarricenses (1900-1961)

ResumenDescribe la ideología de los pequeños y medianos productores de café costarricense. En esta ideología se ofrece una visión evolutiva y progresiva de la dinámica social y se privilegian constantemente los procedimientos de carácter institucional y legal cómo reguladores de la vida social. Es una ideología que la loa la tranquilidad, la paz y la armonía. La ideología cafetalera costarricense es persistente e incluso ha tenido una gran influencia en la historia intelectual de  Costa Rica.AbstractThis article describes the ideology of small and medium coffee producers in Costa Rica. Their ideology offers an evolutionary and progressive view of social dynamics, and constantly emphasizes institutional and legal procedures as the means for regulation of social life. It is an ideology which praises peacefulness and social harmony. The Costa Rican coffee ideology is seen as persistent and very influential in the country´s intellectual history.

La importancia de la educación ambiental ante la problemática actual

The dominant development system with its neoliberal policies and market-centered approaches contribute to aggravate the socio-environmental problems, under the context of the globalization of the market. For that reason, the concern about the sustainable development of the environment makes highly necessary the structuring of an environmental education that forms and informs about this problem. As a result, environmental education constitutes the educational process that deals with the relation between the human being and his/her environment (natural and man-made) and with itself, as well as the effects caused by this relation. In this way, environmental education must constitute an integral process, which plays its role throughout the whole teaching and learning intertwinement. For this reason it is necessary to establish an educational process that examines the relation of any topic or human being activity, within an analysis of the importance or incidence on social life, as it is the pedagogical part and its political essence.