I am reading The Revolt of the Masses - and am fascinated by his idea of the masses. An important idea, obviously - but an idea we have not focused on enough. Going to Amazon to get a reference to the book just mentioned - led me to download Freedom and Circumstance: Philosophy in Ortega y Gasset - for free!
These are truly the best of times, and the worst of times!
Mass societies were produced by mass production - by the factories of Industrialization. The pursuit of power, instead of happiness - as Thomas Jefferson thought.
The impact of Industrialization was something Ortega y Gasset did not understand very well. Spanish involvement in Industrialization (even though it was hugely affected by Fascism) was only marginal - as it still is in Latin America.
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