Positivism in Mexico
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Philosophy and Its History -- II. Positivism in Mexican Circumstances -- III. The Positivism of Auguste Comte -- IV. Mexican Positivism -- SECTION ONE: THE BIRTH -- I. The Positivist Interpretation of Mexican History -- II. Historical Circumstances in Mexico, 1867 -- SECTION TWO: THE ORIGINS -- I. The Forces of Progress and Reaction -- II. Mexican Liberalism's Ideals of Education and Government -- III. The Ideology of the Mexican Bourgeoisie in Its Combative Phase -- SECTION THREE: THE DEVELOPMENT, "GABINO BARREDA" -- I. Gabino Barreda and the Problem of Freedom -- II. Barreda's Defense of the Interests of the Mexican Bourgeoisie -- III. Gabino Barreda's Plan of Education -- IV. Barreda's Defense of His Plan of Education -- SECTION FOUR: THE DEVELOPMENT, "THE DISCIPLES" -- I. The Positivists and the Construction of the New Order -- II. The Application of the Positivist Method -- III. The Theory of Some Positivists concerning the Social Order -- IV. The Creation of the Social Order -- SECTION FIVE: THE UTOPIA -- I. Freedom of Conscience and Positivism -- II. The Ideal of a New Positivist Spiritual Power -- III. The Struggle for Spiritual Power -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX