Positivism, Science and ‘The Scientists’ in Porfirian Mexico
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Author | : Natalia Priego |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2016-01-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781781384381 |
ISBN-13 | : 178138438X |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Positivism, Science and ‘The Scientists’ in Porfirian Mexico by : Natalia Priego
Book excerpt: This book breaks new ground in the historiography of Mexico during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz by subjecting to detailed analysis the traditional belief that the ideology of the intellectual/political elite known as ‘the scientists’ was grounded in the philosophical ideas of Herbert Spencer.