The mother country, spain, and its teachings. The impact of the spanish civil war on the ecuadorian intellectual field

Abstract

Like other Latin-American countries, the Spanish civil war (19361939) gave rise to intense passions in the political and intellectual life in Ecuador. Five years of republican life had converted our old mother country into a mirror where many of the fears and ambitions of the American republics were reflected. In this mirror which was broken by the war, frightened and hopeful politicians, intellectuals and large groups of the Ecuadorian society watched and watched themselves and the others as they were mobilized as never before in a national and international political context of extreme unrest. The impact of the war on the Ecuadorian civil society and on the intellectuals allows us to understand the implications of this mobilization and the intensity of the renewed links with Spain.