HIST135 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Victoriano Huerta, Francisco I. Madero, John J. Pershing
13 Dec 2018
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Positivism was introduced by auguste comte (1798-1857). Positivism was a philosophy of government that favors highly educated people running the government; based on merits not birthrights . This philosophy is totally different from the united states (democracy). Its fit latin america because they were used to having someone in control. Positivism provided a new justification for social hierarchy in latin. Ordem e progresso order and progress a positive slogan. A sign that brazilians favored a small group of people taking control of government. (a positivist slogan) Porfirio d az (a creoles) (1876-1911) and the cientificos rules using scientific governing. Diaz wanted to create a stable government that"s appealing to foreign investors because at the time, latin america was not self sufficient and relied heavily on imports and exports through foreign trade. Diaz governed his country under the influence of positivism , however the end results were that the people remained poor.
