Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico and Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with National Autonomous University of Mexico and Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Distinctions recorded are National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, honorary doctorate of the National University of Distance Education and honorary doctorate of the University of Cadiz.

• Born — September 17, 1915 • Birthplace — Algeciras, Andalucia • Died — 8 July 2011 • Education — University of Madrid • Alma Mater — National Autonomous University of Mexico • Discipline — Philosophy • Work Institutions — National Autonomous University of Mexico • Main Interests — Marxism • Notable Works — The Aesthetic Ideas of Marx • Awards — * National Prize for Arts and Sciences • Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise • Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit • Thesis Title — Filosofía de la praxis

In 1935 Sánchez started studying at the University of Madrid. Vázquez emigrated to Mexico in 1939 with thousands of other intellectuals, scientists and artists following the defeat of the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, in which he participated as editor of the central publication of the Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas (JSU) “Ahora”. Sánchez returned to Mexico City in 1943 where he continued his studies at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the UNAM, achieving a masters in Literature and Philosophy and a doctorate in philosophy. He was appointed a full-time professor of aesthetics and philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1959, becoming a professor emeritus of the university in 1985. He embraced Marxism, although an open, renovating, critical and non-dogmatic version of it. His fresh interpretation of Marxism ran parallel to that of the Frankfurt School. In fact, The Philosophy of Praxis was published at around the same time as Herbert Marcuse was writing his One Dimensional Man. In regard to ethics, he opposed normativism. In 2008 he published Incursiones literarias, a work of literary and artistic criticism. He died in Mexico City on July 8, 2011, aged 95.

• Recollections and Reflections of an Exile (1997) – Memoirs • Poetry (2005) – idem • Incursiones literarias (2008) – Literary and artistic criticism.

Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation non-fiction writer. Recorded with the occupation literary critic. Recorded as having studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico and Complutense University of Madrid.