Laicismo y Catolicismo en la "República ideal" de Ortega
The « Political Writings » of Ortega y Gasset have been recently published, as Vols. X and XI of his « Obras Completas. » This new publication gives us a new picture of Ortega. Well-known for his works on high politics, his own participation for twenty-five years in Spanish Realpolitik has been larg...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
1971
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Gregorianum
Year: 1971, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 729-766 |
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| Summary: | The « Political Writings » of Ortega y Gasset have been recently published, as Vols. X and XI of his « Obras Completas. » This new publication gives us a new picture of Ortega. Well-known for his works on high politics, his own participation for twenty-five years in Spanish Realpolitik has been largely ignored. A political history of Spain and indeed of Europe from 1908 to 1934 would be impossible, however, without these newly-edited writings of Ortega. They contain also themes with a broader horizon: the general function of politics, the relationships between the politician and the philosopher, the crisis of socialism and liberalism, the new politics and the Church. This topic is the final one developed in the essay. After abandoning the Catholic faith, Ortega saw as Spain's new ideal a philosophical laicism which would include modern values of culture and social progress. The introduction of this new ideal in Spain was the life-work he proposed for himself. But violence and sectarianism were always to be excluded from its realization. Against leftist socialism and liberalism, with which he collaborated, but independently, he constantly maintained his impartial point of view. This he did conspicuously during the difficult years of the Spanish Republic. Paradoxically, it was during those years that he became a sincere defender of the Church, without, however, abandoning his laicist position. In 1934, having failed to gain support from his radical collaborators, he left the field of practical politics and devoted himself henceforth exclusively to philosophy. |
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