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Edmundo O'Gorman

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Edmundo O'Gorman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1906-11-24 （Coyoacán, Mexico City）
Died
1995-09-28 （Mexico City） age 88
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Mexico City

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, philosopher
Active Years
1928-1995
Affiliations
Mexican Academy of the Corresponding History of the Real of Madrid
Memberships
Academia Mexicana de la Historia, Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language
Influenced By
José Gaos, José Ortega y Gasset, Wilhelm Dilthey, Benedetto Croce, Martin Heidegger

Education

Escuela Libre de Derecho
Law
Degree: 法学学位
Year of Graduation: 1928
Country: Mexico
Mexico City College
Faculty of Philosophy
Period: 1940-
Country: Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters / History
Degree: 歴史学博士
Period: 1948-1951
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: Mexico
summa cum laude

Awards

Premio Nacional de Letras
1974
Result: 受賞
Premio Historia Rafael Heliodoro Valle
1983
Result: 受賞
Premio UNAM a la Docencia
1986
Organization: National Autonomous University of Mexico
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Invención de América

1958 History

Historical revisionism on the myth of the discovery of America

historical revisionismcolonialism

Fundamentos de la historia de América

1951 History

Foundations of American history

philosophy of history

Bibliography

  • Destierro de Sombras (1986)
  • La incógnita de la llamada "Historia de los indios de la Nueva España", atribuida a Fray Toribio Motolinia (1982)
  • México el trauma de su historia (1977)
  • Guías de las actas del cabildo de la ciudad de México. Siglo XVI (1970)
  • 50 años de revolución (1962)
  • La supervivencia política novohispana (1961)
  • Invención de América (1958)
  • Precedentes y sentido de la revolución de Ayutla (1954, co-author)
  • Fundamentos de la historia de América (1951)
  • Dos concepciones de la tarea histórica (1951)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
critical historical analysisphilosophical approach
Recurring Motifs
re-examination of colonial dominationdeconstruction of historical myths

Legacy

Considered one of the earliest and most influential practitioners of historical revisionism regarding Spanish colonial narratives in Latin America.

Archives

  • Texas Archival Resources Online (UTLAC)

In Popular Culture

  • Known as part of Irish-Mexican brothers with Juan O'Gorman

Trivia

  • Son of Irish painter and mining engineer Cecil Crawford O'Gorman
  • Younger brother of architect and painter Juan O'Gorman
  • Great-great-nephew of first British consul to Mexico City, Charles O'Gorman