Table of Contents

• Translator’s Preface
• Introduction
• Prologue to the Third Edition
• I. Imitation of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
• II. The Influence of France in the Nineteenth Century
• III. Psychoanalysis of the Mexican
• IV. Creole Culture
• V. The “Abandonment of Culture” in Mexico
• VI. The Profile of Mexican Culture
• VII. The Profile of Man
• VIII. Education and Inferiority Complex
• IX. Passion and Interest
• X. Utopian Youth
• XI. The Conflict of Generations
• XII. The Use of Thought
• XIII. Pedantry
• Appendix I. Justo Sierra and the Political Evolution of Mexico
• Appendix II. Concerning Mexican Character
• A Bibliography of Samuel Ramos
• Index

About the Author

Samuel Ramos (1897–1959), a native of ZitÁcuaro, MichoacÁn, gave up medical and army careers to become a professor of social philosophy and aesthetic theory in the National University of Mexico.

Peter G. Earle taught Spanish at Princeton University and at Wesleyan University.