The Spanish Enlightenment revisited

Author(s)

• Astigarraga, Jesús

Bibliographic Information

The Spanish Enlightenment revisited

edited by Jesús Astigarraga

（Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2015:02）

Voltaire Foundation, c2015

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-300) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Traditional historiography has tended to disregard and even deny Spain's role in the Enlightenment, banishing the country to a benighted geographical periphery. In The Spanish Enlightenment revisited a team of experts overturns the myth of the 'dark side of Europe' and examines the authentic place of Spain in the intellectual economy of the Enlightenment. Contributors to this book explore how institutional and social changes in eighteenth-century Spain sharpened the need for modernisation. Examination of major constitutional and social initiatives, such as the development of new scientific projects and economic societies, the reform of criminal law, and a re-evaluation of the country's colonial policies, reveals how ideas, principles and practices from the wider European Enlightenment are adapted for the country's specific context. Through detailed analysis authors investigate: the evolution of public opinion, and the Republic of letters; the growth of political economy as an intellectual discipline; the transmission and reception of an Enlightenment discourse in the Spanish Empire; Spain's role in shaping a modern conception of the natural sciences. The portrait of a demarginalised, modernising and enlightened Spain emerges clearly from this book; in so doing, it opens up new avenues of research both within the history of the pan-European Enlightenment, and in colonial studies.

Table of Contents

Jesus Astigarraga, Introduction: admirer, rougir, imiter - Spain and the European Enlightenment Maria Victoria Lopez-Cordon Cortezo, The merits of good gobierno: culture and politics in the Bourbon court Joaquin Alvarez Barrientos, The Spanish Republic of Letters in its European context: images, economics, and the representation of the man of letters Jesus Astigarraga, Economic societies and the politicisation of the Spanish Enlightenment Juan Pimentel, The Indians of Europe: the role of Spain's Enlightenment in the making of a global science Javier Usoz, Political economy and the creation of the public sphere during the Spanish Enlightenment Ignacio Fernandez Sarasola, Constitution projects during the Spanish Enlightenment Gabriel Paquette, The reform of the Spanish empire in the age of Enlightenment Jesus Astigarraga, Niccolo Guasti and Juan Zabalza, The Spanish debate on public finance: a privileged laboratory for enlightened reforms Joaquin Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, The image of the British system of government in Spain (1759-1814) Javier Fernandez Sebastian, From the 'voice of the people' to the freedom of the press: the birth of public opinion Alejandro Aguero and Marta Lorente, Penal Enlightenment in Spain: from Beccaria's reception to the first criminal code Summaries Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB18058679
• ISBN:
  • 9780729411608
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 313 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 946.054
  • LCC : DP192.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Enlightenment -- Spain
  • LCSH : Spain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB14748970