by José Álvarez Junco · TAURUS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788430604418
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In 'Mater Dolorosa', José Álvarez Junco provides an exhaustive analysis of the construction process of Spanish identity throughout the 19th century. The work explores how the idea of Spain, initially forged around the monarchy and Catholicism, was consolidated with the War of Independence against the French. Intellectual elites dedicated themselves to culturally constructing this identity, adapting it to the era of nations, although political instability, economic backwardness, and the loss of the empire hindered this task. The work examines the lack of a truly national education system and military service, as well as the debates between liberals and conservatives on Spanish identity, culminating in the identity crisis after the defeat in the Cuban War of 1898.
José Álvarez Junco is a Spanish historian, emeritus professor of the History of Thought and Political and Social Movements at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He is an expert in the study of the nation-building of Spain, nationalisms and the anarchist movement.
