Anti-industrialism in Spanish Social Catholicism, 1880-1936

Authors

  • Tomás Martínez Vara Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas I, Universidad Complutense, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid
  • José Luis Ramos Gorostiza Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas I, Universidad Complutense, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid

Keywords:

España, Catolicismo Social, Anti-industrialismo, 1880-1936

Abstract

The impersonal, conflicting and changing industrial world of big factories and large urban concentrations was initially difficult to reconcile with the Christian ideal (linked to the family and the small community, and associated with an ethical view of economic activities and a stable environment of close social relations, where values of brotherhood and mutual aid could easily blossom). However, as the industrial reality and the market were well consolidated and it was not possible to reverse, it was assumed the given situation, choosing to promote ways that would enable the Church to regain lost influence. This study analyzes the extent to which Spanish Social Catholicism was anti-industrialist between 1880 and 1936, examining the two aspects where the anti-industrialist bias could be more present: the attempt to restore a system of work organization and labour relations more harmonic (looking back to the medieval guilds), and the negative perception of the urban-industrial world, specially in relation to the problem of rural-urban migration.

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Published

2012-01-27

How to Cite

Martínez Vara, T., & Ramos Gorostiza, J. L. (2012). Anti-industrialism in Spanish Social Catholicism, 1880-1936. Historia Y Política. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/Hyp/article/view/10442

Section

STUDIES

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