The cosmic race : a bilingual edition / José Vasconcelos ; translated and annotated by Didier T. Jaén ; afterword by Joseba Gabilondo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasconcelos, José, 1881-1959.

Contributor:

Jaén, Didier Tisdel.

Series:

Race in the Americas

Standardized Title:

Raza cósmica. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Evolution.

Race relations.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 126 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.

Other Title:

Cosmic race ; La raza cósmica

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English and Spanish.

Summary:

In this influential 1925 essay, Jose 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 current 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. The work, which has generated much controversy since it was first published, is here presented in a bilingual format, and includes an introduction by its translator, Didier Jaen, and a new introduction by Joseba Gabilondo.

Notes:

Originally published: The cosmic race ; La raza cósmica. Los Angeles : Centro de Publicaciones, California State University, 1979.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-126).

ISBN:

0801856558

OCLC:

36386725