The humanist José Vasconcelos and the Mexican Revolution

Abstract

The thinker José Vasconcelos published numerous books, among which are: El Ulises Criollo (1929), La Tormenta (1937), El Desastre (1938), ¿Qué es la Revolución? (1937) among others, in which we see his autobiography and very significant aspects of the History of Mexico such as the Mexican Revolution. He entered the public arena through an intense relationship with the many protagonists of this movement. He opposed the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and attacked it with a powerful weapon: his writings. One of the most interesting parts of his stories is when he meets Francisco Ignacio Madero, who invited him to be part of the men who would carry out the ideals written in his book "The Presidential Succession". For Vasconcelos, national growth and progress is based on the educational revolution of the people. When Madero was assassinated on the orders of Victoriano Huerta, Vasconcelos went into exile.