Vasconcelos of Mexico: Philosopher and Prophet

by John H. Haddox

Book Overview

Jos Vasconcelos-lawyer, politician, writer, educator, philosopher, prophet, and mystic-was one of the most influential and controversial figures in the intellectual life of twentieth-century Mexico.

Vasconcelos was driven by the desire to gain a complete and comprehensive vision of reality, employing his own aesthetic-emotive method and a poetic mode of expression. The complex philosophical system that resulted is what he called "aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292720564
• ISBN13: 9780292720565
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"