Juan B. Tijerina: La obra política esencial de un intelectual y su trascendencia en el paisaje cultural de Tamaulipas

Abstract

Although this article does a biographical analysis of a prominent Tamaulipas intellectual, it is inscribed in the period of political and ideological consolidation of the Mexican State, in which he was an active participant from the Tamaulipas regional scope. As a mentor, he had a decisive influence on sustaining the principle of secularism over religious values, imposing particularly on the state capital, the preeminence of education and liberal thinking on the influence of the nascent bishopric of Tamaulipas. However, the references of his political action have been narrated by the scarce existing bibliography, as a character opposed to the Porfirio Díaz regime, when in reality, after a short time as an antagonist, he narrowly embraced his links with power. Explaining the creation of this political-cultural myth in the entity, given its transcendence to the present, is one of the objectives of this study, in addition to exploring the various edges of society in the complex era of the Porfiriato.