19th Century Iberian Political Thought

This seminar will study the main trends in Spanish political and cultural thinking in the 19th century and its reflection in literary culture. From Antonio Capmany's anti-Napoleonic Centinela contra franceses to the moderantismo represented by Jaume Balmes and the conservatism of Donoso Cortes, to the federalism of Pi y Margall, the "Iberianism" of Oliveira Martins, the particularism of Valenti Almirall, the regeneracionismo of Joaqui­n Costa, and the emergence of modern nationalism with Ganivet and Unamuno. Readings will include contemporary historiographic reflections on the 19th-century consolidation of the nation state and the invention of national traditions. Taught in Spanish.