Orteguism at the crossroads of exile. Some notes on the presence and divergences of Ortega y Gasset’s thought in Latin American and Mexican philosophy

Abstract

The aim of this text is to explore the presence and function, sometimes problematic and contradictory, of Orteguian thought and of some of the fundamental concepts of his circumstantialism, in his direct transfer –via his Argentinean reflections– or his critically mediated transplantation –via Mexico– to American soil. The relevance of Orteguian ideas in the promotion and justification of modern and current Latin American philosophical thought acquires special interest when they are investigated in the crucial years of the beginning of the Spanish exile in Mexico.