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Biography & Autobiography Philosophers

Francisco Giner de los Rios

A Spanish Socrates

by (author) Solomon Lipp

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 1985
Category
Philosophers, Spain & Portugal, Political
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889207257
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554585182
    Publish Date
    Oct 1985
    List Price
    $34.99

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During the nineteenth century, traditional Catholic Spain and its "decadent intellectual climate" was chalenged by liberal Europeanizing influences. It had happened before, but this time the status quo was threatened by Krausism, an idealistic doctrine of universal harmony and rational freedom. In the ensuing culture clash, Francisco Giner de los Rios (1839-1915), a leading exponent of Krausist thought, provided the dominant influence on Spanish intellectuals engaged in the areas of education, law, literature, and science.
This outstanding contribution to Spanish cultural history by Solomon Lipp, author of Leopoldo Zea and Three Chilean Thinkers, introduces the political and philosophical reactions to Krausism through the thought and personality of the man who "dreamed one day of a new flowering of Spain"—Francisco Giner de los Rios.

About the author

Solomon Lipp, Professor Emeritus, continues to teach in the Department of Hispanic Studies, McGill University. His numerous publications in the fields of foreign languages, literature, and philosophy include Francison Giner de los Rios: A Spanish Socrates (distributed by WLU Press), Leopoldo Zea: From Mexicanidad to a Philosophy of History (WLU Press, 1980), and Three Chilean Thinkers (distributed by WLU Press).

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