In this influential 1925 essay, presented here in Spanish and English, José Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail over the rationalism he saw as dominating the present age. In this new age, marriages would no longer be dictated by necessity or convenience, but by love and beauty; ethnic obstacles, already in the process of being broken down, especially in Latin America, would disappear altogether, giving birth to a fully mixed race, a "cosmic race," in which all the better qualities of each race would persist by the natural selection of love.
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The Aesthetic Age posited by Vasconcelos, in which a mixture of all races is embraced, hasn't arrived yet, but we have seen previews of it in the 'Flower Power' movement of the sixties, the 'new age' craze of the eighties, and the current multicultural realities of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. With the millennium fast approaching Vasconcelos' vision of a new era in human existence is perhaps just around the corner.
(Eugene Holley Hispanic )This bilingual edition of The Cosmic Race by José Vasconcelos gives the reader a clear and concise introduction to contents that have caused much critical controversy. Didier T. Jaén places this essay in perspective, discussing theories relevant to Vasconcelos's thought... [and] also provides an historical context for Vasconcelos's evolving ideas.
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In this influential 1925 essay, presented here in Spanish and English, José Vasconcelos predicted the coming of an Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail over the rationalism—and ethnic differences would give way to a fully mixed race, a "cosmic race," in which all the better qualities of each race would persist by the natural selection of love.
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an out of the ordinary book,
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This review is from: The Cosmic Race / La raza cosmica (Race in the Americas) (Paperback)
This book basicly revolves around a central thesis that all of the races on earth tend to intermix at a gradually increasing pace, and eventually will give rise to a new human type, composed of selections from each of the races already in existence. This race will be called the Cosmic Race. It is an interesting theory that in some ways is similar to the darwinist doctrine. This book is exceptionally well written and very compelling. I enjoyed this book and would recommend trying it out.
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Spiritual and not scientific,
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If read in the light of race, Vasconcelos at first appears disturbing. However, Raza Cosmica needs to be read in the light of the spiritual vs. materialist debate raging in Latin America through the 19th century into the mid 20th. The Author is reflecting on "Anglo" materialism vs. "Hispano" spiritualism, and the idea of race is really secondary when compared to his vision of the future. An absolute must read for the debates of the Revolution in Mexico and all of Latin America trying to find a place in the world of a North Atlantic economy.
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The Cosmic Race is a historic text that should be in the personal library of undergraduate and graduate students of Latin America. This edition by John Hopkins University press presents the complete essay in original Spanish and in English. The English translation is fairly good. I strongly recommended it.
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Latin America, United States, New York, Mexico City, New World, Nuevo Mundo, José Vasconcelos, Estados Unidos, North American, Emerald Table, Hermes Trismegistus, Octavio Paz, Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Our America, Prado Museum, San Francisco, Santiago de Cuba, Sylvia Molloy New!
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Latin America, United States, New York, Mexico City, New World, Nuevo Mundo, José Vasconcelos, Estados Unidos, North American, Emerald Table, Hermes Trismegistus, Octavio Paz, Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Our America, Prado Museum, San Francisco, Santiago de Cuba, Sylvia Molloy New!
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- Racial Theories by Michael Banton on page 114, page 115, and page 116
- The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Philanthropic Ogre by Octavio Paz on page 99, and page 112
- Our America: Writings on Latin America and the Struggle for Cuban Independence by José Mart' on page 102, and page 114
- Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course by Gavin Betts on page 92
- The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in Front Matter
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