Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 62 n. 2 Rio de Janeiro 2019-08-22 2019
Abstract
ABSTRACT The goal of this article is to discuss how the Uruguayan thinker José Enrique Rodó (1871-1917) and the Spanish thinker Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) understood the so-called end-of-century crisis in Spanish America. The interest in approaching the reflections of two authors from different geographic contexts is precisely to perceive complementarities in these reflections that point to a consensual direction with regards to religion and science in the late nineteenth century. For them, the total absence of spiritual power could bring about a moral, intellectual and psychic disorder in society, since religion was previously established as the main pillar of the world. Therefore, the intellectual mission of both was to try to find the exact balance between scientific framework and sensitivity in a context marked by the process of society´s modernization.
Keywords: Miguel de Unamuno, José Enrique Rodó, Hispanic-American social thought, modernization, crisis
Transition Dilemmas in Miguel de Unamuno and José Enrique Rodó
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