Order and legitimacy : political thought in national Spain / Francis Graham Wilson ; H. Lee Cheek, Jr. [and three others] editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Francis Graham, 1901-1976, author.

Contributor:

Cheek, H. Lee, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Spain--History--19th century.

Political science.

Political science--Spain--History--20th century.

Legitimacy of governments--Spain.

Legitimacy of governments.

Conservatism--Spain--History.

Conservatism.

Spain--Politics and government.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"A growing body of readers is rediscovering Francis Graham Wilson's tremendous contribution to the study of politics and humane learning. In this volume he offers an extensive assessment of the nature of politics and the search for order in Spanish politics, concentrating on the central figures who defended the Church and communities during the Spanish Civil War. The book argues for the uniqueness of Spain among the other countries of Europe. For Wilson, the most salutary attribute of Spanish politics is found in the assemblage of smaller groupings of the citizenry within the larger society in communities; and it is in the smaller association that the most important aspects of moral, social and political life were nurtured. Part 1 includes assessments of three eminent Spanish traditionalists, Juan Donoso Cortes, Jaime Balmes, and Menendez Pelayo, as well as studies of central figures from the period of the Spanish Civil War��Jose Antonio and Ramiro de Maeztu. The final chapters are taken from an unpublished book-length manuscript, ""An Anchor in the Latin Mind,"" that Wilson had completed at the time of his death in 1976, and was recently discovered by the editors. For Wilson, Latin thinkers possess advantages others do not��a political realism that can be reinvigorated. The recovery of Spanish traditionalism, according to this book, is dependent upon a return to the self-understanding of the ordering principles of Spanish politics and society. Wilson's affirmation of a Spanish traditionalist inheritance during his lifetime encouraged a return to authentic popular rule and a greater appreciation of Spanish achievements in politics and the moral life."

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-50131-3

1-315-12586-2

1-351-50130-5

9781315125862

OCLC:

1004361227