José Vasconcelos

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José Vasconcelos was a prominent Mexican philosopher, educator, and politician, often called the "cultural caudillo" of the Mexican Revolution for his influential role in shaping Mexico’s public education and cultural policies.

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instanceOf Mexican Secretary of Public Education
educator
essayist
human
philosopher
politician
university rector
birthDate 1882-02-27
birthPlace Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
deathDate 1959-06-30
deathPlace Mexico City, Mexico NERFINISHED
educatedAt National School of Jurisprudence NERFINISHED
electionYear 1929 (Mexican presidential election)
familyName Vasconcelos NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cultural policy
education
philosophy
givenName José NERFINISHED
ideology Hispanism NERFINISHED
anti-positivism
implementedPolicy mass literacy programs in Mexico
rural education campaigns in Mexico
state support for arts and muralism in Mexico
influenced Latin American cultural nationalism
Mexican muralism movement NERFINISHED
influencedBy positivism
knownFor concept of the "cosmic race"
promoting cultural nationalism in Mexico
reforming Mexico's public education system
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
memberOf National University of Mexico NERFINISHED
movement Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED
name José Vasconcelos Calderón NERFINISHED
nationality Mexican
nickname cultural caudillo of the Mexican Revolution
notableWork Breve historia de México NERFINISHED
El desastre NERFINISHED
La raza cósmica NERFINISHED
La tormenta NERFINISHED
Ulises criollo NERFINISHED
occupation educator
lawyer
philosopher
politician
writer
politicalAlignment Mexican nationalism NERFINISHED
positionHeld Director of the National Library of Mexico
Rector of the National University of Mexico
Secretary of Public Education of Mexico NERFINISHED
ranForOffice President of Mexico
religion Roman Catholicism

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Biblioteca Vasconcelos namedAfter José Vasconcelos