Europeanism and Catholicism in Post-War Catalan Political and Cultural Discourse

Authors

  • Carles Santacana i Torres Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

Keywords:

franquismo, intelectuales, democracia, catolicismo, europeísmo, catalanismo, francoism, intellectuals, democracy, catholicism, europeanism, catalanism.

Abstract

Among the elements that make up the reworking of the democratic discourse in the postwar era, the redefinition of catholicism and a new concept of Europeanism plays a special role. In the first case it deals with the adjustment of Christianism to a concept of a democratic society that begins with the introduction of European catholic thinkers through publications and different groups which break away from national-catholicism. On the other hand, Europeanism defines a discourse of identification with democracy and freedom that feeds itself completely from the context of the Cold War, which will become a focal point for the different democratic tides.