ALFONSO REYES EN SUR AMÉRICA DIPLOMACIA Y CAMPO INTELECTUAL EN AMÉRICA LATINA, 1927-1939

Abstract

This document analyzes the evolution of the Latin American intellectual field between 1927 and 1939, from the diplomatic and intellectual actions of the Mexican Alfonso Reyes, one of the most important Latin American intellectuals of the 20th century. The methodology used takes into account some of the aspects that Pierre Bourdieu and other researchers consider as central in the formation of an intellectual field. The research departs from the thesis according to which in Latin America you can only talk about intellectual field from the 19th to the 20th century transition, but it is especially studied and evaluated some situations and circumstances of intellectual and diplomatic character that allowed Reyes to boost mainland culture during the period under review