The Hatred of Mexico's "Científicos", 1892-1914

Im Rahmen des Forums "Wege des Wissens" des Wissenschaftskolleges

Claudio Lomnitz is director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at the Columbia University in New York. Currently, he is working on culture and nationalism in Mexico. At the IAI he will be speaking about the history of technocracy in Mexico. The so-called "Científicos" (positivists) in the Porfirian period (1876-1911) provide ample material for discussion on the genealogy of technocracy and on the circulation of knowledge and its transformation in varying political frames.