Main Currents of Spanish Thought

Among the deep thinkers that contributed to the changes that had taken set in Spain during the go away decade of the 1800s was Jose Ortega Gasset (883-1955). He is one of the most eventful Spanish thinkers whose writings examined the manifestations of culture revealing the intimate depths of individual and affectionate human condition. Ortegas contribution was in the area of command, as he believes that if one does not educate for the city, a person force outnot be brought to plenitude, and that the tutor tends to operate on preterit principles, when it should educate from the present for the future (Palmer, Bresler, & Cooper, p. 244)However, during the last decade of the 1800s in Spain, the Spanish society has been divided by a smashing postulate that raged in 1890s up to early 1900s mingled with the conservative traditional politicians who were asserting that Spain was a global power and had demand role to play in the world, and the so called liberal or perchance the en lightened politicians who argued that the reality was that Spain during this time was a sinking ship.According to an net article entitled Spain, the eternal Maja Goya, Majismo, and the Reinvention of the Spanish National Identity, the debate served as a awakenup call for many Spanish intellectuals to come up with a win-win solution not only to the debate but also to the real condition of the Spanish nation, which was already two decades behind respectable countries such as France, Germany, and England.Among these intellectuals was Miguel de Unamuno who emphasized that it is only by opening windows to European winds, saturating themselves with European ambience, having confidence that they will not lose their identity in so doing would make them catch up with the advance custodyt made such nations (Internet article). Along with other intellectuals such as Jose Martinez Ruiz also known as Azurin and Granados, they were able to revolutionize the Spanish intellectual society.Views of the Authors in their attempt to hitch Spain into a Modern NationThe famous writers and authors during the Enlightenment finale in Spain such as Giner de los Rios, Angel Ganivet and Joaquin Costa were known as the contemporaries of 1898. Their contribution started upon realizing their countrys weakening condition due to defeats in wars against the United States of America and the lost of treasured colonies such as the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Cuba. During their various(prenominal) periods they tried to revolutionize the intellectual society as well as to redeem the prominence their country once enjoyed.Like Jose Ortega Gasset, Ginner Delos Rios also apothegm the importance of education to be able to transform itself and to cope up with fast industrializing European nations. Being highly educated, he was well informal in many branches of knowledge, Ginner Delos Rios viewed education as a very Copernican instrument in regenerating the Spanish society he believed th at reforms were not established by laws but by t separatelyers and professors. Delos Rios views held that teachers and educators were responsible in shut in the new generations educational values and understanding. I believe that his views are incidentally and appropriate to the present condition of Spain.Ganivet was no doubt a great writer and essayist. His views was reflective of the true condition of Spain, where in he calls Spains past as an error, a departure from its true nature. Ganivet believed that Spain must wake up from its present slump and fulfill its true mission to get around birth to a great nation and culture. No doubt Ganivets view was really interesting however, his poor interpersonal relationship seemed to pass water put his ideas on the shelves at least during his own time. Joaquin Costa (18441911) on the other hand descended from a politicians family and was one of generation 1898. Costas view of the condition of Spain however, was that the country needs na tional regeneration. Costa depicts doubt to the leadership of those in governments in running the affair of the state.How did they see Spain, and how did each think Spain should be changed to become a modern country.Each of these authors viewed Spain during this period as weakening and being slowly left behind by other European countries. Both Delos Rios and Ortega emphasized on the need of education for every individual, while Ganivet saw Spain as lacking regeneration. Perhaps what he meant was that the present generations were failure. The hope of the new of the Nation lies in the new generation.What did these men give to the Spanish SocietyThese men in the first prat were able to give the society brilliant ideas on how the society can rise up from where it was at present. They provided a new avenue by which the government can start a new in transport back the country in line with other advanced nations in Europe. The most particular was the ideas of Miguel de Unamuno to open t he countrye windows to other European countries and be satisfy with fresh wind of information and knowledge flood tide from those countries. They also provided important educational guidelines that would help keep up standards of cultivation for every individual.Berrio, J. R. Ftancisco delos Rios (1839-1915)http//www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/ginerPalmer, J., Bresler, L., & Cooper, D.E. (2001) Fifty Major Thinkers on Education From Confucius to Dewey. UK Routledge