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The Revolt of the Masses (original 1930; edition 1993)

by José Ortega y Gasset

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Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century.… (more)
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Title:The Revolt of the Masses
Authors:José Ortega y Gasset
Info:W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York (1993) paperback, 190 pages
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L’uomo nuovo descritto nel 1930 da Ortega Y Gasset da ha la presunzione di sentirsi “come tutto il mondo”, senza darsene pensiero. La mancanza di responsabilità è la sua natura; la barbarie la condotta tramite cui attua la “ribellione” che dà titolo il libro:

«Interverrà dovunque, imponendo la sua volgare opinione, senza miraggi, senza contemplazioni, senza tramiti né riserve, vale a dire, secondo un regime di “azione diretta”».

L’uomo-massa è un “saggio ignorante”, forte delle sue conoscenze parcellizzate ma del tutto all’oscuro dei saperi che la sua specializzazione non esplora, verso i quali si pone tuttavia con la petulanza di chi sa di sapere. ( )
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In my reading of The Revolt of the Masses I would emphasize Ortega y Gasset's discussion of the new world (circa 1930) as one of "practically limitless possibilities".(p 61) This is a view that he contrasts with the past where the masses felt themselves limited, and rightly so. If anything, eighty years after the first publication of this book there are even larger groups of people that have the possibility of fewer limits on the progress of their lives. However he does not see any guarantee that progress will be the result and later in his book he discusses the danger of the modern state as a limiting factor. Even in western democracies we have seen the power of the state grow over the past eighty years since Ortega y Gasset's observations. I wonder if the nobility within mankind will be able to continue to move forward and not be limited by the masses of average men. ( )
  jwhenderson | Feb 9, 2022 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Ortega y Gasset, JoséAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brouwer, JohanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Carey, J. R.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Garagorri, PaulinoIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Goyena, José-LuisPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Marias, JulianIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Parrot, LouisTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Weyl, HeleneTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century.

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