Draper in Spain: The Conflicting Circulation of the Conflict Thesis

This article delves into the reception of John W. Draper's History of the Conflict between Religion and Science in Spain. With two translations into Spanish appearing almost simultaneously in 1876, the conflict became a weapon in a long political dispute. The tensions between conservatives and...

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Published in:Zygon
Subtitles:THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN EUROPE
Main Author: Navarro, Jaume (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2019]
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Nationalism
B history of science and religion
B Conflict Thesis
B John W. Draper
B science and religion in Spain
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Summary:This article delves into the reception of John W. Draper's History of the Conflict between Religion and Science in Spain. With two translations into Spanish appearing almost simultaneously in 1876, the conflict became a weapon in a long political dispute. The tensions between conservatives and liberals, between monarchists and republicans had the university and pedagogical reforms as one of the main battlefields. One of the chief reformist movements was informed by "Krausism," an ideology that had academic freedom as one if its central tenets. The similarities between the educational agenda of Draper and that of Krausists explain why the former's book resonated among members of the latter group. The article argues that in order to understand the reception of Draper in Spain, one should pay attention to the disputes about national identity and educational reforms, so as to place the so-called conflict thesis in the context of opposing Spanish patriotisms.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12564