Abstract

VILLEGAS, Andrés. Intellectuals are interrogated: culture, democracy and totalitarism in a survey of the Revista de las Indias, 1944-1945. memorias [online]. 2021, n.44, pp.170-190.  Epub Dec 07, 2021. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.44.321.8.

This article aims to be a contribution to Intellectual History by interpreting a survey devised by the Revista de las Indias, which was answered by several intellectuals between 1944 and 1945. Based on the revision of some printed sources, it establishes a characterization of the Colombians and Spaniards that were surveyed. It also starts a discussion of the answers given to two specific problems: the immediate future of culture, and the social role of intellectuals in the post-war. Finally, it concludes that they related their destiny as a group to the victory of liberal democracies, while refusing Soviet hegemony.

Keywords : 19 ^th century parishes; conflict; mediations; priests; Santa Marta.

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