Date of Award
1975
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Inter-American Studies
First Advisor
Walter A. Payne
First Committee Member
Lee Fennell
Second Committee Member
Alberto Eraso-Guerro
Abstract
In this inquiry, the attempt is made first to see Mexico through the eyes of Octavio Paz, who in his essay, The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid, considers the development of modern Mexico from a cultural, historical and political perspective and secondly to interface a universal archetype with the Mexican experience. Regarding the first endeavor, it is Paz’s intention to bring his nation to a better understanding of its own peculiar dilemmas and to indicate changes of attitudes essential for salutary future progress. It is true that as Mexico’s renowned poet, essayist, playwright, editor and diplomat, Paz treats the nation’s central and critical problems from his role as an intellectual. A few reflections on this role will be helpful.
Pages
110
Recommended Citation
Scott, Mary Elizabeth. (1975). The labyrinth of otherness : an essay on authoritarian acquiescence in Mexico. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1871
