Jose Ortega y Gasset (Madrid, 18831955), doctor en Filosofia y Letras, amplio estudios las Universidades de Leipzig, Berlin y Marburgo, consiguiendo a los veintisiete anos la catedra de Metafisica de la Universidad Central. En 1923 funda la Revista de Occidente, una de las publicaciones culturales de mayor prestigio internacional. La rebelion de las masas, publicado por primera vez en 1930, es la obra mas difundida y famosa de Ortega. Como nos explica Julian Marias en su introduccion, el libro va pareciendo mas verdadero, mas fiel a la realidad a medida que pasa el tiempo. La razon de su renovada actualidad confirma el caracter filosofico de esta obra frente al significado politico que con frecuencia se le ha atribuido erroneamente. Pienso que toda vida dice Ortega... se compone de puros instantes, cada uno de los cuales esta relativamente indeterminado respecto al anterior, de suerte que en el la realidad vacila..., y no sabe bien si decidirse por una u otra entre varias posibilidades.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In 1930, the great Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset set forth a program for reforming the modern Spanish university. Aware that the missions of the university are many and often competing, Ortega built his program around a conception of a “general culture” that knows no national boundaries or time limits and could fit into any national system of higher education. His ideas are especially pertinent to contemporary debate in America over curriculum development and the purpose of education. In this volume Ortega sought to answer two essential questions: what is the knowledge most worth knowing by all students and what is the function of the university in a modern democracy? Basing his answers on his own deep personal culture and an extensive knowledge of the various European university systems, Ortega defined four primary missions: the teaching of the learned professions, the fostering of scientific research, training for political leadership, and finally the creation of cultured persons with the ability to make intellectual interpretations of the world. Ortega’s understanding of “general culture” is set out in great detail here. He meant an active engagement in ideas and issues that were both historical and contemporary. His concern is with the classical problems of justice, the good society, who should rule, and the responsibilities of citizenship. In his informative and brilliant introduction to this new edition, Clark Kerr, a lifetime student of Ortega’s work, analyzes Ortega’s ideas in their historical context and speculates on how the great issues he dealt with here can be made contemporary for modern students facing the challenges and uncertainties of the twenty-first century. Mission of the University and its new opening essay will be of interest to educationists, social scientists, and above all the students of this era.

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