Hispanic technocracy : from fascism to Catholic authoritarianism in Spain, Argentina, and Chile, 1945-1991 / Daniel Gunnar Kressel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kressel, Daniel Gunnar, author.

Series:

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 139.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 139

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technocracy--Spain--History--20th century.

Technocracy.

Technocracy--Latin America--History--20th century.

Francoism.

Authoritarianism--Spain--History--20th century.

Authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism--Latin America--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Spain--Politics and government--1939-1975.

Spain.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.

Latin America.

Spain--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Foreign relations--Spain.

Authoritarianism--History.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.

Technocracy--History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This book the emergence, zenith, and demise of a distinctive post-fascist school of thought that materialized as state ideology during the Cold War in three military regimes: Francisco Franco's Spain (1939-1975), Juan Carlos Onganía's Argentina (1966-1973), and Augusto Pinochet's Chile (1973-1988). In this intellectual and cultural history, Daniel Gunnar Kressel examines how Francoist Spain replaced its fascist ideology with an early neoliberal economic model. With the Catholic society Opus Dei at its helm amid its 'economic miracle' of the 1960s, it fostered a modernity that was 'European in the means' and 'Hispanic in the ends.' Kressel illuminates how a transatlantic network of ideologues championed this model in Latin America as an authoritarian state model that was better suited to their modernization process. In turn, he illustrates how Argentine and Chilean ideologues adapted the Francoist ideological toolkit to their political circumstances, thereby transcending the original model."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Turning fascism into authoritarian technocracy

In defense of "Hispanidad" : confirming the mythological foundations for Hispanic technocracy (1945-1959)

Technocratic Spain : the Opus Dei and the making of the "second Francoist era" (1957-1969)

Juan Carlos Onganía's "Argentine revolution" : Hispanic technocracy to surpass post-fascist populism (1956-1970)

Augusto Pinochet dictatorship : Chile's neoliberal variant of Hispanic technocracy (1964-1977)

Democracies of the third wave : Hispanic technocracy's decline as a state model (1973-1988)

Conclusion. Towards a theory of Hispanic technocracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-269) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kressel, Daniel Gunnar. Hispanic technocracy

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009603041

1009603043

9781009603027

1009603027

OCLC:

1501555009

Publisher Number:

CIPO000251903