The reception of Ortega y Gasset’s thoughts in the work of Olivér Brachfeld

• Autor: Ibarz Serrat, Virgili
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ulima.edu.pe:article/3016
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/3016
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: inferiority feelings; superiority feelings; Alfred Adler; sentimientos de inferioridad; sentimientos de superioridad

In 1931, Olivér Brachfeld interviewed Ortega y Gasset for the Internationale Zeitschrift für Individual-Psychologie magazine. His book, Inferiority feelings, was published in 1936. In this article, we analyze the reception of Ortega y Gasset’s thoughts through the successive editions of Brachfeld’s work. Brachfeld argues that Ortega y Gasset establishes the foundations for a behavior analysis grounded on the feelings of self-esteem, and formulates a theory of inferiority feelings. Ortega y Gasset claims that arrogance results from a reaction, a diminution of our being, and explains it when he states that our spirit revolts and rebels against a reality that destroys our self-esteem. For Ortega y Gasset and Brachfeld, the level of this feeling gives rise to inferiority feelings. Thus, the nature of a particular society will depend on the way its members value themselves.