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Este artículo aborda la configuración histórica de la nación española desde la perspectiva de la continuidad en el tiempo que el Antiguo Régimen presuponía a las comunidades políticas. Partiendo de la singular temporalidad de la Monarquía hispánica como un imperio, se ofrece un recorrido por el discurso elaborado para tratar de disipar la amenaza de su decadencia. Dicho discurso, centrado en la adopción del lenguaje del comercio y la ciencia de la economía política, eventualmente permitió ofrecer un diagnóstico de los males morales de los españoles que alejaba la posibilidad de una desnaturalización sin poner en riesgo la ortodoxia católica legitimadora de la monarquía hispánica y sin habilitar un sujeto con capacidad política. El texto permite así reflexionar sobre la dimensión tiempo inherente a toda definición de comunidad, así como sobre los rasgos distintivos de la nación española alumbrada por los proyectistas y reformadores ilustrados, marcada por el peso de rasgos impolíticos.
This article deals with the historical configuration of the Spanish nation from the perspective of the continuity in time the Ancien Régime attributed to political communities. Starting from the singular temporality of the Hispanic Monarchy as an empire exposed to decline, it is argued that its singular experience of time consisted in the overcoming of decadence, though its hazard continued to influence discourse in the passage to the 18th century. In that context, discourse adopted the language of commerce and the science of political economy, making it eventually feasible to offer a diagnosis of the moral ills of the Spaniards that avoided the possibility of a denaturalization without jeopardizing the Catholic orthodoxy that legitimized the Hispanic monarchy and without empowering a subject with political capacity. The text thus allows reflection on the time dimension inherent to any definition of community, as well as on the distinctive features of the Spanish nation built by the Enlightenment planners and reformers, marked by the weight of impolitic features.
This article deals with the historical configuration of the Spanish nation from the perspective of the continuity in time the Ancien Régime attributed to political communities. Starting from the singular temporality of the Hispanic Monarchy as an empire exposed to decline, it is argued that its singular experience of time consisted in the overcoming of decadence, though its hazard continued to influence discourse in the passage to the 18th century. In that context, discourse adopted the language of commerce and the science of political economy, making it eventually feasible to offer a diagnosis of the moral ills of the Spaniards that avoided the possibility of a denaturalization without jeopardizing the Catholic orthodoxy that legitimized the Hispanic monarchy and without empowering a subject with political capacity. The text thus allows reflection on the time dimension inherent to any definition of community, as well as on the distinctive features of the Spanish nation built by the Enlightenment planners and reformers, marked by the weight of impolitic features.
Translated title of the contribution | The conception of the Spanish nation in the Enlightenment: Community, time, and the (im)political |
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Original language | Spanish |
Article number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 11-30 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Prismas : Revista de Historia Intelectual |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2022 |
Keywords
- Nation
- Spain
- Early Modern Age
- Enlightenment
- Time
- Empire
- Decadence
- Commerce
- Political economy
- Community
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Exploratory Project: Exploring the temporality of imperial postdecadence and its influence over modern culture and politics
Léon, Pablo Sánchez (Recipient), 1 Jun 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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El pueblo no es la nación: el sujeto soberano como problema constituyente en el primer liberalismo hispánico
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
15 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Política, temporalidad y cambio social en Iberoamérica (siglos XVIII-XXI),
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Speaker) & Fabio Wasserman (Organiser)
27 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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El movimiento estudiantil y la transición intergeneracional de memorias en la universidad
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
29 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference