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SUMMARY:'Political Thought in Nineteenth-Century Spain: Second-Hand Ideas 
 or Authentic National Creation?' - Andrea Acle (Magdalene College\, Univer
 sity of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20100303T173000Z
DTEND:20100303T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This talk will explore Spain’s problematic relationship with
  Europe: a mixture of misleading opinions and wounded national pride. Sinc
 e late eighteenth century\, Spain found the image of herself mediated by b
 roader European intellectual movements. What the Enlightenment had derided
  for being mere “backwardness” became celebrated by nineteenth-century
  Romanticism for being “picturesque” and “authentic”. Supported by
  this crucial shift in European perceptions\, right-wing writers in Spain 
 affirmed the naturally conservative and Catholic traits of the “true” 
 Spanish people. Ideas which questioned this traditional characterisation o
 f Spain were rejected on grounds of their “foreign” and “unrealistic
 ” nature. Ultimately\, this talk is a meditation upon the consequences o
 f turning political thought into a banner of nationalism.
LOCATION:Latimer  Room\, Clare College Old Court
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