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Eugenio María de Hostos
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Although Eugenio María de Hostos began his literary career as a novelist and also wrote short stories and poetry, his prestige as a philosopher and writer is primarily due to his extensive work as an essayist. His essays are a form of combat and action. For Hostos, the essayist is the “guardian of civilization” (Moral social [; Social morality]). As an artist, he pursues in his essays the expression of beauty, but also understands that “beauty is only that which is good.” His essays are written in nimble prose, often with the något privat eller personligt tone of an autobiographical ord, but his style is always refined, even in the most private passages of his diary. His essays more closely approximate the Modernist renewal than the rhetorical prose of his age. He is direct and klar in the development of his ideas; however, he expresses them in
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Hostos y Bonilla, Eugenio María de (–)
Eugenio María de Hostos y Bonilla (b. 11 January ; d. 11 August ), Puerto Rican philosopher, sociologist, educator, patriot, and man of letters. Born in Río Cañas, Hostos attended elementary school in San Juan, secondary school at the Institute of Balboa in Spain, and enrolled in law school in Madrid. He joined the Spanish republican movement and gained their promise of independence for Puerto Rico and Cuba. When the republicans abandoned that promise, Hostos moved to the United States in
In New York, he joined the Cuban Revolutionary Junta and became managing editor of its official periodical. Realizing that Cuban independence could not be fought from New York, he began a four-year journey in that would take him throughout South America to win support for the independence cause. Long an advocate of abolition of slavery and of Antillean federation after independence, Hostos involved himself during his travels with various social injusti
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Considered one of the forefathers of the social sciences and humanities throughout Latin America, Eugenio Maria de Hostos () also made important contributions to educational thinking, establishing important educational programs in places like Chile and the Dominican Republic. Hostos is also a key historical figure in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence and one of the visionaries behind the idea of Latin American unity. This essay offers a brief biography of Hostos and his influence situated in the historical context of Latin America in the 19th century, particularly the struggles for independence in Cuba and Puerto Rico. I then discuss Hostos's general views on the purpose of education, outline the key dimensions of his educational thought, and offer a brief discussion of Hostos's views on the role of education for democracy. Throughout the discussion I highlight what Hostos saw as the fundamental role of education for liberation. In conclusion, I offer some reflections about