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Hispanic Thought

Objectives

1) Identification of the nature and main features of the contemporary Hispanic thought;
2) Analysis of the evolution of the intellectual in the Ibero-American cultural universe from the perspective of the History of Ideas;
3) General Knowledge of the most significant authors of the Hispanic thought with particular emphasis on Miguel Unamuno and Jose Ortega Y Gasset.

 

General characterization

Code

01101211

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Júlio Joaquim da Costa Rodrigues da Silva

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Not applicable

Bibliography

Artola, Miguel, (1981) , The revolutionary borgueoisie (1808-1874), Madrid, Alianza Editorial Alfaguara.


Juliá, Santos, (2006),History of Las Dos Espanas, Madrid, Taurus.


Cuadrado, Miguel Martínez (1996), The conservative bourgeoisie conservative (1871-1893), Madrid, Alianza Editorial.


Ramon, Tamanes, (1996), The Republic. The Age of Franco, Madrid, Alianza Editorial.


Guy, Alain, (1985), History of Spanish Pholosophy, Barcelona, Antropos.


 


 

Teaching method

Expository classes.


Analysis and commentaries of texts.


Discussion of topics and works presented by students.

Evaluation method

Active  participation in classes - 10%


Written work with oral presentation - 50%


1 Attendance - 40%

Subject matter

1 - Introduction to contemporary Hispanic Thought.


2 - Overview of the cultural aspects of contemporary Spanish thought. The difficult political transition form abslutism to liberalism in the first half of the 19th century. The interpretation of historic events by liberal and Catholic intellectuals. Ambiguities and limits of the 19th century.


3 - The Spanish krausismo.


4 - The Restoration (1874-1875) and the "fin-du-siècle" crisis (1898-1905). Defeat in Spanish-American war and the loss of the last colonies  (1898). Repercussions of "the national cataclysm" in the cultural field: the conception of intellectuals as a select minority and architecs of national identity.


5 - The generation of 98 and the thought of  Miguel Unamuno. (1864-1936).


6 - The thought of José Ortega Y Gasset (1893-1955).