Symbolism, solitude and modernity: science and scientists in porfirian Mexico

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Natalia Priego¹ 

[1] ,University of Liverpool Institute of Latin American Studies

关键词: History of science;    Latin American history;    Mexican history;    Mexican science;    história das ciências;    história americana;    história mexicana;    ciência mexicana;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-59702008000200016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The quest of Mexico for a distinctive national identity throughout the 19th century reached a climax during the period known as the Porfiriato, one of the principal features of which was the deep desire of Porfirio Díaz and his circle to turn Mexico into a 'modern' country perhaps without a clear definition of the meaning of this concept. The debate about national identity had addressed such issues as the rejection of indigenous cultures, blind passion for French culture, and how to go about criating a modern nation by means of industrialization and scientific modernization. The concept of nation in Mexico is definitively linked with the search for a national 'I', and with the struggle to overcome the solitude identified by Octavio Paz. Paradoxically, this very quest forms a part of this identity, and it seems to remain inconclusive.

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