Luces y sombras de dos paradigmas del americanismo español en la renovación del diálogo hispanoamericano (1909-1912)

Abstract

Between 1909 and 1911, the Spanish Americanist movement was renewed by the initiative of the University of Oviedo and the Casa de América de Barcelona. Both institutions, respectively headed by Rafael Altamira and Rafael Vehils, were able to define two alternative paradigms to the Americanist action: the fisrt one defining a pattern of intellectual intervention led by the universities and the second one a way of economic intervention commanded by some associations. Both paradigms showed their innovative character by launching concrete proposals about all the aspects of Americanist action and proposing ways of balance between regional and state interests.