TY - BOOK AU - Rodó,José Enrique TI - Ariel AV - PQ PY - 2007/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Democracy KW - Social ethics N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(essay) Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(ensayo); Release date is 2007-10-05; Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Ariel" by José Enrique Rodó is an essay published in 1900. This brief philosophical work addresses Latin American youth through symbolic characters from Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Rodó warns against utilitarianism and "nordomania"—the imitation of North America—urging young people to preserve their spiritual values and cultural identity rooted in classical Greek ideals and Christianity. The essay critiques U.S. cultural dominance following the Spanish-American War and advocates for authentic democracy through education rather than material pursuit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22899 ER -