The political thought of nineteenth-century Spanish America / Iván Jaksic, Eduardo Posada-Carbó

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaksic, Ivan, 1954- editor, translator.

Posada Carbó, Eduardo, editor, translator.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Political science--Latin America--Philosophy--History--19th century--Sources.

Political science.

Political science--Latin America--History--19th century--Sources.

Latin America--Politics and government--19th century--Sources.

Latin America.

Latin America--Intellectual life--19th century--Sources.

Genre:

Sources

Translations

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Throughout the nineteenth century, Spanish American writers and thinkers grappled with their unique circumstances of independence after three centuries of Spanish colonial rule. The emergence of a significant number of new polities that adopted representative institutions in an era when absolutism prevailed in Western Europe, their general adoption of republicanism, and their complex demographic composition, all posed serious challenges for the formation of national states in Spanish America. This volume explores how politically engaged Spanish American thinkers reflected on these issues, either in government or in opposition. Through a wide selection of texts, some previously unpublished in the English language, the volume demonstrates the multiplicity of voices across countries, perspectives and social background. The texts included are organised around main themes reflecting central concerns including history; democracy, constitutionalism and liberty; church and state; society; Spanish America and the World; and 'Fin de siècle'. This volume thus vividly demonstrates the significance of Latin America to the field of Global Intellectual History"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Investigations on the social influence of the Spanish conquest and the colonial system in Chile (1844) / José Victorino Lastarria

History and fiction (1844) / Lucas Alamán

Memoir (1823) / Bernardo Monteagudo

The political faith of a Colombian (1827) / Anonymous

The socialist program (1838) / Esteban Echeverría

The suffrage (1871) / Florentino González

Constitutional studies on the governments of Latin America (1878) / Justo Arosemena

On religious toleration (1831) / Vicente Rocafuerte

The error, or contradiction, under which Spanish America lives (1862) / Francisco Bilbao

Freedom of religion (1871–1872) / Miguel Antonio Caro

Life of the Negro poet written by himself (1840) / Juan Francisco Manzano

Comments on the social and political situation of the Mexican Republic in the year 1847 (1847) / Mariano Otero

Essay on the political revolutions and the social conditions of the Spanish American republics (1861) / José María Samper

The moral emancipation and education of women (1854) / Juana Manso

Prologue to The slavery of women (critical study by John Stuart Mill) (1872–1873) / Martina Barros

International intervention (1846–1847) / Andrés Bello

The political situation of Cuba (1851) / José Antonio Saco

International society (1870) / Juan Bautista Alberdi

The tyranny and the revolution (1891) / Valentín Letelier

Our Indigenous peoples (1904) / Manuel González Prada

The secret of Porfirian peace (1909) / Andrés Molina Enríquez

Latin American democracies (1912) / Francisco García Calderón

Idols of the forum (1909) / Carlos Arturo Torres

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed April 10, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Political thought of nineteenth-century Spanish America

ISBN:

9781108868983

1108868983

OCLC:

1579848273

Publisher Number:

CIPO000353362

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