Un cuento satírico en medio del debate sobre el darwinismo en México

• Main Author: Miguel A. Fernández Delgado
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of South Florida 2014-10-01
• Series: Alambique
• Subjects: Charles Darwin; Mexico; Religion; Education; Theory of Evolution
• Online Access: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/alambique/vol2/iss1/1

Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution of species was accepted or rejected by Mexican scientists, including Gabino Barreda, representative of Comte's philosophy. It was also included by Justo Sierra in a history book for the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, a decision which raised a lot of criticism from conservative groups. It is also discussed the implications of social Darwinism in the early Twentieth Century Mexico. The document we offer is a satire published in those years, which resembles the tone of Swift's Gulliver Travels.