Abstract
Abstract: Eugenio María de Hostos, arguably the main founding father of Puerto Rican nationalism, recreates Puerto Rican national identity through the sacred symbol of the pilgrim. This article connects Hostos’ first work, a novel titled La peregrinación de Bayoán (1863), to his science of morals, Moral Social , written twenty-five years later. The novel’s main protagonist, a Taíno-pilgrim, is a liminal archetype who embodies an ethics of solidarity from below rooted in Christianity. Hostos’ work provides an alternative view of the human experience from the periphery that can contribute to contemporary literature on service leadership, global awareness, and citizenship education.
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