Publication: La Inquisición contra el Liberalismo. El expediente de Calificación de los Principes de Politique de Benjamin Constant
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2013
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Universidad de Salamanca
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En 1816 la Inquisición de Corte formó expediente de calificación a los Principes de Politique de Benjamin Constant, la obra más representativa de la ideología liberal en aquellos momentos. Los argumentos empleados para decretar su prohibición muestran la persistencia del rechazo a las ideas ilustradas del derecho natural y de la voluntad general. Pero, a la vez, el contexto creado por las consecuencias de la Revolución francesa en España, obligan a la Inquisición restaurada a confrontarse con los nuevos retos que está planteando el liberalismo en Europa.
In 1816, after close examination, the Spanish Inquisition forbade Benjamin Constant’s Principes de Politique, the most representative work of liberal ideology of its day. A careful study of the official indictment shows that in the early 19th c. the concepts of natural law and of the general will introduced by the Enlightenment were still being countered with the same arguments which had been used in the preceding century. Nonetheless, the consequences for Spain of the French Revolution would force the Inquisition to face the challenges posed by liberalism in Europe.
In 1816, after close examination, the Spanish Inquisition forbade Benjamin Constant’s Principes de Politique, the most representative work of liberal ideology of its day. A careful study of the official indictment shows that in the early 19th c. the concepts of natural law and of the general will introduced by the Enlightenment were still being countered with the same arguments which had been used in the preceding century. Nonetheless, the consequences for Spain of the French Revolution would force the Inquisition to face the challenges posed by liberalism in Europe.