José Ortega y Gasset
Spanish philosopher and essayist whose The Revolt of the Masses diagnosed the dangers of mass society and cultural leveling. His perspectivism argued that each point of view captures a partial truth. He founded the influential Revista de Occidente and introduced contemporary European philosophy to Spain.
Works
- The Revolt of the MassesCritique of mass society and the decline of individual excellence
- Meditations on QuixotePhilosophical meditation on Cervantes' Don Quixote and Spanish culture
- The Dehumanization of ArtAnalysis of modernism and modern art's abstraction from lived experience
- Man and PeoplePhilosophical inquiry into human social nature and relationship
- What Is Philosophy?Exploration of what constitutes philosophy and its fundamental questions