Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; is the name of one of the most recognized spiritual leaders and influential in recent times, who took an active part in achieving Indian independence and whose belief in peaceful resistance and non-violence would become particularly well known. Better known as Mahatma Gandhi, the figure of this spiritual leader is still revered …
The work of many thinkers and philosophers has contributed over the years to the development of knowledge and theoretical bodies that explain how the world and the society in which we live operate, as is the case with Marxism, a philosophical doctrine, an influence political and economic lasts to this day. One of the figures …
Lightner Witmer (1867-1956) was an American psychologist, recognized to this day as the father of clinical psychology. This is how he founded the first child psychology clinic in the United States, which he established as a derivative of the Psychology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and which specifically provided care for children. children. In …
Morgan is one of the greatest representatives of anthropology in the United States in the XIX century, contributing to great advances in this field. We will review the life of this author through a biography of Lewis Henry Morgan, Take a tour of his biography to learn more about the most representative events, and at …
Lev Vygotsky (sometimes spelled Vygotsky) is a key author in developmental and educational psychology., Although he also made important contributions in the field of neuropsychology and founded the historical-cultural psychological approach. His theory and work fit into the context of the proletarian revolution that took place in Russia and in which he participated directly. In …
Margaret Mead was one of the pioneers of American cultural anthropology and feminism in the second half of the 20th century. Among other things, he studied how social norms about sexuality, childhood and adolescence differ between different cultures; which has served to challenge the biological perspectives that have dominated the understanding of human development. In …