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Cambio, continuidad
y ruptura en historia intelectual*
Abstract
This essay begins by questioning certain common places regarding such
dichotomies as modernity vs. tradition, rupture vs. continuity, stereotypes
still circulating among those historians who present a direct opposition
between both poles, as if they were radically incompatible factors,
mutually exclusive vectors. To this end, it emphasizes the dynamic nature
* and the productive dimension of tradition, understood to be a fundamental
Quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a mis
queridos colegas Andréa Slemian y João Paulo G. ingredient and irreplaceable mechanism in processes of change and
Pimenta por invitarme amablemente a presentar intellectual innovation. The article underlines the fact that modern times –
el texto que está en el origen de este artículo
and their revolutions – are a prolific laboratory of what the author calls
para ser discutido en el Fórum de la revista
Almanack (UNIFESP, 6 de mayo de 2013). Mis “elective traditions”. By means of these, diverse collective actors in the
sinceras gracias también a Fernando Nicolazzi making – political parties and ideological movements, nations, classes,
y a Fábio Franzini por sus atinadas críticas y
comentarios, así como a todos los participantes etcetera – build themselves, adopting different ad hoc pasts: from the
en el debate. Permítaseme mencionar, por variegated store of the past, their leaders and ideologists select certain
último, que este trabajo forma parte de las
characters, events and canonical texts with which they shape narrative
actividades del Grupo de Historia Intelectual de
la Política Moderna IT615-13 (Gobierno Vasco) identities, long-term historical currents and ongoing trajectories in which
y del Proyecto de Investigación HAR2010-16095 these actors identify themselves and to which they subscribe with a view
(Gobierno de España).
DOI - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2236-463320140701
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to legitimizing their future projects. In this way, the moderns choose their
purported predecessors, presenting themselves as their heirs. The focus of
“elective traditions”, this article suggests, might shed light upon certain
aspects of the history of ideologies and of political and social movements
in recent centuries.
Palabras-clave
tradición, modernidad, innovación, tradiciones electivas, historiografía,
historia intelectual.
Keywords
tradition, modernity, innovation, selective traditions, historiography,
intellectual history.