Tópicos discursivos y debates en torno al alcance del concepto autonomía en la Reforma Universitaria

Abstract

Review of some of the most significant topics within the subject of University Reformism: the creation of a new connection between intellectuals and the people, the consolidation of a Latin-American unity, the belief on a new time that would accomplish the cancellation of the “past” started by the Independence, and the faith in the youth’s transforming ability as the power behind the mass’ actions. Emphasis is made on the analysis of a specific subject—the debates regarding University autonomy—in a series of authors: the Argentinians Ernesto Quesada, Ricardo Rojas, and Julio V. González, as well as the Mexican José Vasconcelos. By means of this array of discursive topics, the analysis demonstrates how Reformism comprises very controversial definitions on the scope of university autonomy, avoiding thus a relapse into a monological vision of this movement’s discursivities