the spanish mosaic
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The Spanish Mosaic
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Las Dos Españas
Tension fuels the fire of creativity
Conflict defines Spanish History:
Old vs New
Tradition vs. Progress
Conservative vs. Liberal
Spain vs Anti-Spain
Modern vs Post-Modern
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Spain as CastillaDefined itself:
• vis a vis Kingdoms of Leon and Navarra
• Its conflict with the southern enemy-Moors
• Golden Age of culture for Four centuries
• Quixotism- Romantic/Tragic sense of Life
“Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be”
Don Quixote
“Castilla a hecho España y Castilla la ha decho”
Ortega y Gasset
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Hapsburg Rule- 1506-1700
• Characteristics:
Religious fanaticism
Absolutist
Rejects old institutions: Cortes, Fueros, and Municipal councils
Imperialism & Expansionism
• Effects:
Depopulation, Poverty, Idleness, & Bankruptcy
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Spain XIXth Century
Social Structure:
New middle class
Organized Working Class
Political Structure
Electoral Corruption
Ineffective Administration
75% illiterate
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Defining Contemporary Events
• Revolution of 1868
• 1898 Loss of Empire
• 1931 Second Republic
• 1936 Spanish Civil War
• 1975 Death of Franco – Democratic Transition
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Historical National Identity
National Regeneration
Modernization through national unity
National ideological movements seeking: Autonomy, Unity, Identity in Historic Regions.
Culture as a form of struggle
Problem of Spain
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Spain´s Modus Operandi
Political nationalism:
Functional and pragmatic
Loyalty towards nation
Monarchy as Centralizing force Cultural Nationalism
Emotional and Ideological
Mythical Drive