José Vasconcelos (Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 1882 – Mexico City, 1959) was a Mexican writer, thinker and politician. After graduating as a lawyer (1907), he represented the Anti-Reelection Club in Washington, D.C., USA, and supported the Mexican Revolution of 1910 headed by Francisco I. Madero. Later, after a brief period of exile in the United States following a disagreement with Venustiano Carranza (1915-20), he returned and directed the National University of México (1920) and created and ran the Ministry of Public Education under Álvaro Obregón (1920-25). From that position he worked in favour of the education of the masses and oriented the nation's education efforts along secular, civic, and pan-American (americanista) lines. He ran for president in 1929 but lost to Pascual Ortiz Rubio and again left the country. He later directed the National Library (1940) and presided over the Mexican Institute of Hispanic Culture (1948). Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies beginning with popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz in 1910 and culminating in the promulgation of a new constitution seven years later. ... Francisco I. Madero González (30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. ... Venustiano Carranza Garza (29 December 1859 - 21 May 1920) was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. ... The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; abbreviation: UNAM) was founded in 1551, and is now the largest university in Latin America and it is considered the best University of this region based on the Beijing University and the London Times suplemments. ... Term of Office: 1 December 1920 – 1 December 1924 Preceded by: Adolfo de la Huerta Interim Succeeded by: Plutarco Elías Calles Date of birth: 19 February 1880 Place of birth: Álamos, Sonora Date of death: 17 July 1928 Place of death: Mexico City Profession: Politician/Soldier First Lady: María Tapia... Pascual Ortiz Rubio (10 March 1877 – 4 November 1963) was a Mexican politician. ...

Oeuvre

• La intelectualidad mexicana (1916)
• El monismo estético (1919)
• La raza cósmica (1925)
• Indología (1926)
• Ulises criollo (1935)
• Pesimismo alegre (1931)
• Estética (1936)
• La tormenta (1936)
• El desastre (1938)
• El proconsulado (1939)
• Ética (1939)
• Historia del pensamiento filosófico (1937)
• Lógica orgánica (1945)
• El ocaso de mi vida (1957)

Source

• Initial version loosely based on corresponding Spanish-language Wikipedia article (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Vasconcelos)