Understanding Social Movements and Political Change

📋 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