Ilustración y Sociedades Económicas en la provincia de Cádiz

<p>RESUMEN: Este trabajo se ocupa del papel desempe&ntilde;ado por la ideolog&iacute;a ilustrada en la provincia de C&aacute;diz a fines del Antiguo R&eacute;gimen. El principal marco de referencia son las Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas de Amigos del Pa&iacute;s, instituc...

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Main Author: Juan José IGLESIAS RODRÍGUEZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2009-12-01
Series:Studia Historica: Historia Moderna
Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_Historica/article/view/4899
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Summary:<p>RESUMEN: Este trabajo se ocupa del papel desempe&ntilde;ado por la ideolog&iacute;a ilustrada en la provincia de C&aacute;diz a fines del Antiguo R&eacute;gimen. El principal marco de referencia son las Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas de Amigos del Pa&iacute;s, instituciones arquet&iacute;picas de la Ilustraci&oacute;n espa&ntilde;ola que nacieron con voluntad de servir como instrumento para el progreso econ&oacute;mico y la felicidad p&uacute;blica. Las Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas intentaron desarrollar nuevas formas de comunicaci&oacute;n social y ser veh&iacute;culos de la pol&iacute;tica reformista estatal. Sin embargo, se vieron fuertemente condicionadas por la pervivencia de una mentalidad tradicional refractaria a las nuevas ideas ilustradas y, sobre todo, por los intereses de control estamental de las oligarqu&iacute;as locales, de las que dependi&oacute; a menudo su creaci&oacute;n y desarrollo. Ello condicion&oacute; la existencia de resultados pobres en la primera etapa ilustrada de las Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas, aunque su reinstalaci&oacute;n en la primera &eacute;poca liberal signific&oacute; una revitalizaci&oacute;n de su actividad. En algunos casos, las Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas fueron tambi&eacute;n el escenario de las luchas entre la oligarqu&iacute;a tradicional y las nuevas &eacute;lites econ&oacute;micas liberales por el control del poder local.</p><p>ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of the ideology of Enlightenment in the province of C&aacute;diz during the final years of the Ancient R&eacute;gime, with particular reference to the Economic Societies of the Friends of the ?Country (Sociedades Econ&oacute;micas de Amigos del Pa&iacute;s). These institutions were archetypes o&iacute; the Spanish Enlightenment and were born with the purpose of serving as instruments for economic development and public welfare. The Economic Societies endeavoured to develop new forms of social communication and to be vehicles for the reformist policies of the state. However, they were conditioned, on the one hand, by the survival of a traditional, conservative mentality that strongly opposed these new ideas and, above all, by the vested interests of the local oligarchies, on whom they frequently depended for their creation and development. The initial results of the Economic Societies were poor. However, the arrival of Liberalism brought new life to these societies and an increase in their activities. On several occasions, they were the scene of struggles for power between the traditional oligarchy and the new liberal economic &eacute;lite.</p>
ISSN:0213-2079
2386-3889