INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE vii
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. CONTENTS xxi
5. PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD EDITION 1
6. L Imitation or Europe in the Nineteenth Century 15
7. II. The Influence or France in the Nineteenth Century 44
8. III. Psychoanalysis or the Mexican 54
9. IV. Creole Culture 73
10. V. The "Abandonment ox Culture" in Mexico 92
11. VI. The Profile of Mexican Culture 101
12. VII. The Profile of Man 110
13. VIII. Education and Inferiority Complex 126
14. IX. Passion and Interest 133
15. X. Utopian Youth 139
16. XL The Conflict of Generations 145
17. XII. The Use of Thought 151
18. XIII. Pedantry 157
19. Appendix I. Justo Sierra and the Political Evolution of Mexico 161
20. Appendix II. Concerning Mexican Character 167
21. A Bibliography of Samuel Ramos 181
22. INDEX 185