Nuevos enfoques, dogmas, herejías y ajustes de cuentas. Un mapa aproximado del pensamiento comunista español en el exilio

Abstract

This article analyses several fundamental trends of the political thought of Spanish communists during the exile of 1939 to 1975 by considering great published works as well as lighter essays, debates held during conferences and in management bodies, and public meetings or conversations later published in books, magazines or pamphlets. Special attention is given to theoretical reflections on the State, the possibilities for social transformation, and ideological and cultural tradition. We also look at historical analyses of the communist movement, the PCE and its participation in the Civil War. Likewise, we examine analyses of the evolution of Francoism and possible strategies for transitioning to democracy, focusing on work produced by communist activists and leaders with greater intellectual flights of fancy and communist intellectuals with a greater commitment to the State. All of this is addressed from the perspective of the new history of political thought and the intellectual history which together stress how these become woven, beyond their individual authorship, into the core of the social, political and cultural conflicts of an age.