Presència de Rousseau a Catalunya: entre el mite i la realitat Authors Conrad Vilanou i Torrano Eulàlia Collelldemont Pujadas Abstract This paper offers an overview of Rousseaus thought, using as its starting point its relation with stoic philosophy and dependence on Montaignes ideas, while at the same time highlighting in the light of the Profession of faith of a Savoyard vicar, one of his most salient texts, as Rousseau himself said the religious and spiritual dimension of his world view. It should not be forgotten that Rousseau not only turned away from the philosophy of the Enlightenment but also from those who maintained materialistic and atheistic theses, advocating instead a natural religion. Given these factors, it is not surprising that pedagogic naturalism found fertile ground in Catalonia during the first years of the 20th century, as its adaptation facilitated the development of a spiritual philosophy that matched the views of many schoolteachers who conceived Nature as a living thing. Thus, its religious undertones and quest for a natural life, without losing sight of the demand for austerity, held considerable appeal for the Catalan pedagogic renewal movement. Indeed, the Romantic tradition acted as a bridge that, through authors such as Alexander von Humboldt, enabled Rousseaus ideas to germinate in Catalonia. However, with the advent of Noucentism in Catalonia in the early 20th century, authors such as Eugenio dOrs published harsh criticisms of Rousseaus romanticism. Other thinkers, such as Joaquín Xirau who wrote within the historical context of the Spanish Republic also moved away from Rousseaus ideas about education. However, it is possible to postulate that Rousseaus ideas triumphed indirectly through Goethe the Romantic genius who came to be viewed as the champion of Neoclassicism and Dewey, considering the concomitances between naturalism and pragmatism. The paper concludes that the presence of Rousseaus pedagogics in the pedagogic renewal movement during the early decades of the 20th century in Catalonia is more a horizon that was aspired towards than a systematically and solidly built reality. Downloads Text complet (Català) PDF PDF (Español) Published 2012-07-26 Issue No. 19 (2012): gener-juny Section Monographic theme License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Educació i Història: Revista d'Història de l'Educació, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Society for the History of Education in Catalan-speaking countries (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Educació i Història: Revista d'Història de l'Educació.Authors answer to Society for the History of Education in Catalan-speaking countries for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.The Society for the History of Education in Catalan-speaking countries declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.