The Revolt of the Masses (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: José Ortega y Gasset
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Essay
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Middle classes, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Lectures or lecturing, Capitalism, Technology, Spain or Spanish people, Gunpowder
Critical Evaluation:
Among the few Spanish authors of the modern era known beyond his national boundaries is José Ortega y Gasset, professor of metaphysics, literary critic and journalist, and a representative of the school that believes in the rule of an intellectual aristocracy or small group of superior men, not the privileged caste of the old feudal nobility. Born in Madrid, Ortega y Gasset sought in Málaga the thorough training of a Jesuit college, then took his doctorate in philosophy at the Central University of Madrid in 1904. Further study in Germany preceded his...
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