Minorities and Masses from an Integrative Perspective

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https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.268

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Ortega y Gasset, minorities, masses, liberalism, society, integration

Abstract

The integrative, liberal and inclusive position from which Ortega y Gasset develops his thinking, and in particular also what is exposed in The revolt of the masses, calls into question certain interpretations that consider it an elitist theory, which could dismiss the More, and justify or legitimize that the leadership of the society was in charge of a privileged exclusionary minority. On the contrary, Ortega explains the interaction between mass and minority as a natural happening in constant fluctuation, being possible that every man exerts in the minority and in the mass, in different moments and spheres of his life.

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Author Biography

Isabel Ferreiro Lavedán , Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

Doctor of Law. Professor at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR). She has been a member of the research and editing team for the Complete Works of José Ortega y Gasset, editor of the pocket collection for Alianza Editorial, and editor of numerous unpublished working notes by the philosopher. Author of a monograph on social theory in José Ortega y Gasset: La teoría social de Ortega y Gasset: los usos (2005) and of several book chapters and articles dedicated to the philosopher's work: “At the forefront of sociology” (2013), “A complex reading for complex thinking” (2010), “The definition of law as use in Ortega y Gasset” (2005), and “The docility of the masses in the thinking of Ortega y Gasset” (2001).

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Published

2018-05-01 — Updated on 2018-05-01

How to Cite

Ferreiro Lavedán , I. (2018). Minorities and Masses from an Integrative Perspective. Revista De Estudios Orteguianos, (36), 123–134. https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.268

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No. 36 (2018)

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Articles