De Atahuallpa a Cuauhtémoc - (Serie Nueva América) by Juan Carlos Grijalva & Michael Handelsman (Paperback)

About the Book

The Mexican José Vasconcelos Calderón (1882-1959) and the Ecuadorian Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora are paradigmatic of the nationalist project that proposed, in the first half of the 19th century, to democratise national culture in their respective countries. Vasconcelos, known in the 1920s as a 'teacher of youth', provided Carrión with a cultural model for thinking about mixed-race Ecuadorians. On the one hand, the political-institutional management of Vasconcelos as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Secretary of Public Education and on the other, that of Carrión as founding President of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (the House of Ecuadorian Culture) and winner of the Benito Juárez Award in recognition of his work on behalf of of Latin American democracy, will also exemplify a way of understanding the new role of intellectuals, committed to popular education, national literary and artistic production, the creation of cultural publications and magazines, and, in general, the promotion of hispanic culture, anti-imperialism and Latin American unity. This book explores different facets of the cultural nationalist project shared by these two important Latin American intellectuals.

Book Synopsis

El mexicano José Vasconcelos Calderón (1882-1959) y el ecuatoriano Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora paradigmáticas del proyecto nacionalista que propuso, en la primera mitad del siglo XIX, democratizar la cultura nacional en sus respectivos países. Vasconcelos, conocido en la década del veinte como "maestro de la juventud", proporcionará a Carrión un modelo cultural para pensar lo mestizo ecuatoriano. La gestión político-institucional de Vasconcelos como rector de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y secretario de Educación Pública por un lado, ya la de Carrión como Presidente fundador de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana y Premio Benito Juárez en reconocimiento de su labor en nombre de la democracia latinoamericana por el otro, ejemplificarán, además, una manera de entender el nuevo rol del intelectual, comprometido con la educación popular, la producción literaria y artística nacional, la gestación de publicaciones y revistas culturales, y, en general, la promoción de la hispanidad, el antiimperialismo y la unidad latinoamericana. En este libro se exploran distintas facetas del proyecto nacionalista cultural compartido por estos dos importantes intelectuales latinoamericanos.

The Mexican José Vasconcelos Calderón (1882-1959) and the Ecuadorian Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora are paradigmatic of the nationalist project that proposed, in the first half of the 19th century, to democratise national culture in their respective countries. Vasconcelos, known in the 1920s as a 'teacher of youth', provided Carrión with a cultural model for thinking about mixed-race Ecuadorians. On the one hand, the political-institutional management of Vasconcelos as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Secretary of Public Education and on the other, that of Carrión as founding President of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (the House of Ecuadorian Culture) and winner of the Benito Juárez Award in recognition of his work on behalf of of Latin American democracy, will also exemplify a way of understanding the new role of intellectuals, committed to popular education, national literary and artistic production, the creation of cultural publications and magazines, and, in general, the promotion of hispanic culture, anti-imperialism and Latin American unity. This book explores different facets of the cultural nationalist project shared by these two important Latin American intellectuals.