Jesús A. Valero Matas

(Bio)Technological Images About Human Self-Construction on Spain Context: A Preliminar Study

The study of (bio) technology has a great social significance. As time goes by, the human being is getting more linked to technology. (Bio)technology and society are, therefore, two inseparable fields. Furthermore, this study shows the importance of setting a new context of analysis for (bio)technology. This context will be a polycontexture formed by biological, technical, psychological, sociological and axiological factors. In order to analyze this polycontexture, we consider that one of the most powerful methods is that used by social imageries. Social imageries have been studied by many researchers, but we believe that Juan Luis Pintos has developed the best method. In the end, this paper concludes that the materialization of this polycontexture is the cyborg metaphor.

Comunidad ahmadía del Islam: ¿interlocutor en el diálogo Oriente-Occidente?

Resumen Pese al numero moderado de creyentes, la fe ahmadia (una variante del Islam) tiene una destacada presencia social y peso politico en Occidente. Ello se debe a algunas de sus caracteristicas, como la defensa de la libertad religiosa, la condena del terrorismo y su relacion amistosa con el cristianismo. Este articulo es resultado de una investigacion mediante trabajo de campo (con comunidades en Espana y en Reino Unido de la Gran Bretana), y de un analisis critico de sus fuentes. Se pretende descubrir asi hasta que punto los ahmadies son (como se declaran) el Islam sonado e interlocutores en el dialogo Oriente-Occidente. Palabras clave : Islam, dialogo interreligioso, Oriente, Occidente, libertad religiosa, terrorismo. Abstract Beyond the moderate number of believers, the Ahmadiyya faith (an Islam denomination), it has a prominent social presence and political weight in the West. This is due to some of its characteristics, such as the defense of religious freedom, the terrorism rejection and its friendly relationship with Christianity. This article is the result of a fieldwork research (with communities in Spain and United Kingdom of Great Britain), and a critical analysis of their sources. It is intended to discover if the Ahmadis (as they self-declared) are the dreamed Islam the interlocutors in the East-West dialogue. Keywords : Islam, inter-religious dialogue, East, West, freedom of religion, terrorism. DOI : https://doi.org/10.17398/1886-4945.12.767

Rururbanidad cyborg. Aproximación tecnocientífica a un modelo graduado de lo rural

La globalizacion de la tecnociencia ha producido una gran cantidad de cambios sociales. Entre ellos podemos destacar el de la cyborgizacion del mundo rural. En el presente articulo se expone este proceso, sus consecuencias y las dificultades de analisis subyacente a traves del estudio de la poblacion de Santa Uxia de Riveira. Por ultimo se muestra un modelo de analisis graduado que permite estudiar la nueva configuracion de la ruralidad y la urbanidad.

Theoretical Reflection about a Fuzzy Definition of the Rural.

The rurality definition is yet unclear. Pragmatic classifications are currently used for the management of rural and urban differentiation of this one. The aim of this article is to propose a definition of rurality. This one is based on the fuzzy sociological research. Our fuzzy concept of rurality is very important for its application on the management of the technoscientific system, specifically on the management of the rural.

Alternative Energy: Is a Solution to the Climate Problem?

The world is doing many efforts to mitigate climate change, researching and developing various sources of the renewable energy such as wind, photovoltaic, solar, tidal, geothermal, aero thermal, bioenergy, undimotriz or hydropower.This leads us to consider for the moment, as it indicates, are alternative energy, namely, they not yet ready to be a substitute for fossil fuels and for the time being complementary energy from fossil fuels. At this time, these energies can not make the various societies to abandon the use of petroleum and its derivatives as energy. We in this chapter we will try to address not a source of renewable primary energy, but an energy vector, the hydrogen. This, in the future may be the replacement of fossil fuels.However, despite the efforts of some countries, we are still far from turning the hydrogen energy future, and being the main energy source that solve our energy problems and climate change.