The qualification of collective absolutes and the individuality of persons and events in mid-nineteenth-century Spain

Citation

Ginger A (2004) The qualification of collective absolutes and the individuality of persons and events in mid-nineteenth-century Spain. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 10 (2), pp. 123-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/1470184042000317116

Abstract
This article argues, on the basis of intellectual, literary, and art history, against the view that mid-nineteenth-century notions of individuality in Spain were products of a social structure based around a bourgeoisie, or, in other accounts, based around a failed effort to establish a bourgeoisie. Instead, it argues that an emphasis on individuality could take radically different forms, that there was no core shared idea of 'individuality'. The article argues that the key motivating factor in these varying notions of individuality was a conflict between and concerning different factions within an oligarchic elite over the future of that elite.

Keywords
individuality collective bourgeois; nineteenth century spain thought literature art; Spain Nineteenth century Individuality; Spain Social structure Middle class Nineteenth century

Journal
Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies: Volume 10, Issue 2

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