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The New Society: Social Classes in the 19th Century

The new society was divided into various social classes that replaced the more open estates. These groups included:

The Aristocrats

Although their group privileges were deleted, the conservative majority remained the source of power. They often had to marry into wealthy bourgeois families, control municipalities, or join the army and administration. Most of the bourgeoisie aspired to become landlords and live like the nobility.

The Bourgeoisie

Industrialization and the abolition of feudal privileges allowed this class to grow. Their way of life and social position were defined by several factors:

• Economic Situation: Their status proceeded from their businesses. Many managed estates, while others

Although discussions about production and distribution have a long history, economic science in its modern sense, as a separate discipline, is conventionally dated from the publication of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith in 1776.^[7] In it, he describes the discipline in these exact words:

Political economy, considered a branch of science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects: first, to supply goods or income in abundance for the people, or more properly, to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and, second, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue sufficient for the public services. It proposes to enrich both the people and the sovereign.

Smith referred to the subject as "political...

Textual Units

A verbal text is a unit because we use words, but it also constitutes a semantic unit because it makes sense, and a communication unit because it appears in a particular communicative situation. A text must adhere to three fundamental principles:

Suitability

The text must correspond to the communicative situation. For example, a student greets a director with "Good morning, sir," not "*Che, como va?*"

Coherence

Organize different parts of the text's meaning. A text is coherent if it has a central idea, is properly organized, and answers the text as a whole. Elements that show no coherent organization of texts include titles and captions. Lastly, the issue should be closed with conclusions.

Cohesion

Establish the relationship between...

The General Law of Education (1970)

Established free and compulsory education from ages 6-14, and the right to Spanish education at all levels.

The 1978 Constitution

Article 27 guarantees the right to education for everyone, seeking the full development of personality based on democratic principles, fundamental rights, and freedoms. The government must ensure parents' right to choose religious and moral training.

Key Pillars of this Educational Period:

• Realizing and extending the right to education for all Spaniards.
• Improving the quality of the education system.
• Decentralizing educational administration.

The novelty lies in the guaranteed right to education through the new Social Democratic state established in Spain in 1978.

LOEC, Organic Law 5/1980

Article...

The Global Presence of Spanish

Spanish is spoken by approximately 360 million people worldwide, holding official status in 21 countries. It is also a prominent language in international organizations where Spain or Latin American countries are members.

Latin American Spanish: Key Characteristics

Latin American Spanish represents the most significant geographical expanse of the language, spoken in over 18 countries. While there is no universal agreement on the precise delimitation of various Spanish-speaking regions, several features are common to all varieties of Spanish in the Americas:

Phonetic Features

• Seseo: The absence of distinction between the /s/ and /θ/ sounds (e.g., "casa" and "caza" pronounced identically).
• Weakening of /s/ in Syllable-

A recently developed school of thought, known as "human capital," views education strictly as an investment that enables a nation, society, family, or individual to improve their future, their ability to generate profits, and consequently, their welfare.

Spain's Educational Deficit and 19th-Century Reforms

It is clear that Spain entered the contemporary age with a serious deficit of human capital. The education system, in ruins since the 17th century, completely collapsed during the crisis of the early 19th century. Attempts to address this deficiency led to educational initiatives, such as the ultimately ineffective *Economic Societies of Friends of the Country*, private associations created by the upper classes in the 18th century.

In the mid-...

Friedrich Nietzsche's Historical Context

The Anti-Positivist Current

Friedrich Nietzsche was born in 1844 in Prussia and died in 1900. During his time in Europe, an anti-positivist current emerged, rejecting the absolute value of science. This movement, which became prominent in much of 20th-century Western thought, significantly influenced Nietzsche's work.

19th-Century Social and Political Upheaval

The 19th century witnessed workers' revolutions and the rise of socialism, anarchism, and the conservative counter-revolution. Confrontations also arose between the aristocratic values of the Old Regime and democratic values. This struggle led to a significant polarization of thought.

German Unification and Industrialization

With the arrival of Chancellor...

Logical Positivism and the Vienna Circle

Logical Positivism, often associated with the Vienna Circle, was a significant philosophical movement. Key figures included Moritz Schlick and Rudolf Carnap.

Origins and Objectives

The movement originated with Schlick, who began organizing regular workshops involving experts in philosophy, physics, and mathematics. The primary objective was to establish the limits of knowledge on an empirical basis, achieved through the construction of a unified language of science. This involved using scientific knowledge and the precision of formal languages, like mathematics, as a reference.

Core Characteristics

Logical Positivism is characterized by:

• Radical Empiricism: Knowledge is derived solely from sensory experience.

Understanding Linguistic Registers

Our way of speaking depends on the communicative situation. The set of linguistic particularities a speaker chooses to adapt to the situation defines a type of language variety called a register. It is an index of the speaker's communicative competence.

Classes of Registers

Registers vary in formality, ranging from formal to informal. Formality is expressed in the speaker's concern for the form of the message. Registers can be planned or unplanned (spontaneous). Between these two extremes, there are many intermediate registers, for example:

• Intimate: Family and friends
• Friendly: Among neighbors and coworkers
• Neutral: Encounters with strangers
• High: Lectures, exams
• Ritual: Ceremonies

Factors Influencing Register Selection

Register...

Municipio Local Government and State

The Municipio: Regulated in art. 140 Cst., which states that the Constitution guarantees the autonomy of municipalities.

• Municipal area: It is the territory in which the municipality exercises its powers.
• Municipal population: It comprises all persons who are in the township, who are divided into Spanish residents and nonresidents.

City Organization and Organs

Organization (City): The necessary organs are the mayor, deputy mayors, full council and the Local Government Committee.

Complementary bodies: Councilors and Delegates.

Mayor: Election and Role

Mayor: Single judge presiding the Corporación. The mayor is elected by the council; among all candidates, the one with an absolute majority of votes will be proclaimed....