La "Descoberta" de la cultura nacional per les lletres" en el marc del liberalisme centralista (1843-1868)

Abstract

Liberal revolutions were preceded or accompanied by the awakening of vernacular cultures across Europe. The new secularised power sought in the figure of the nation a source of legitimation. In Catalonia, the cultural movement that claimed the complete autonomy of Catalan culture became a national political movement in late nineteenth century, which perpetuated throughout the twentieth century. This article is aimed to explain this transformation, which was mainly shaped by three elements: the assertion of the language and history of Catalonia; the centralized nature of the Spanish liberal model; and the Catalan industrialization process a remarkable exception in Spain.