Two Spains at war, two educations

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Fernández-Soria Universitat de València (Espanya)

Keywords:

Spain, Civil War, Second Republic, Francoism, education as domination, revolution, counterrevolution.

Abstract

Education is linked to wars as a propagandistic instrument of the ideas that are defended therein. In this text we describe how, in the two opposing Spains in the Spanish Civil War, education is used as a means of political and ideological domination. The Republic uses it to carry out the proletarian revolution, impregnated with traditional Republican values. Francoist Spain takes advantage of this to implement the counterrevolution, grounded in the most rancid values of tradition and Catholic doctrine. Thinking of victory day, the Republic sets itself the goal of educating a conscious citizenship, for which it rolls out some dazzling educational and cultural practice. Francoist Spain resolves to educate on the idea of obedience and service for which it needs more violence than education.

Key words: Spain, Civil War, Second Republic, Francoism, education as domination,
revolution, counterrevolution.

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Issue

No. 30 (2017): juliol-desembre

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Assays and researches

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