In the Shadows of the State. National Public Sphere and Cultural Homogenization in Restoration Spain

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Published 01-03-2013
Ferran Archilés Marta García Carrión

Abstract

This article seeks to analyse the interrelation between the nationalization dynamics promoted by the State and those ones coming from below. The analysis of the period of the Spanish Restoration allows to propose an alternative interpretation to the theses that have emphasized the weakness of the nationalization process in contemporary Spain. The article proposes the centrality of the nationalization dynamics arising from civil society but developed within the framework established by the State. Linguistic homogenization and the creation of an integrated public sphere are the two key aspects in the study of the processes of cultural homogenization.

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Keywords

nationalism, nation-building, cultural homogenization, Spanish nationalism, Restoration

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