Conservative Thought in Twentieth Century Chile

Our aim is to present the contribution of five conservative thinkers-Alberto Edwards, Francisco Antonio Encina, Jaime Eyzaguirre, Osvaldo Lira and Mario Góngora-, to right-wing ideological discourses in Chile. The impact of conservative thought is most clearly visible in the Declaración de Principio...

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Published in:Canadian journal of Latin American and Caribbean studies 1990-01, Vol.15 (30), p.27-66
Main Authors: Cristi, Renato, Ruiz, Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aristocracy
Authoritarianism
Conservatism
Corporatism
Dictatorship
Economic liberalism
Liberalism
Liras
Nationalism
Political parties
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Summary:Our aim is to present the contribution of five conservative thinkers-Alberto Edwards, Francisco Antonio Encina, Jaime Eyzaguirre, Osvaldo Lira and Mario Góngora-, to right-wing ideological discourses in Chile. The impact of conservative thought is most clearly visible in the Declaración de Principios issued by Pinochet's military regime in 1974. The common themes of Chilean conservatives involve historical continuity, tradition, authority, order and the national state, while their polemical targets are liberalism, democracy, Marxism and totalitarianism. Although the strain between nationalism and corporatism was bridged by the ideologues of the military regime, the incorporation of neo-liberalism created new conceptual and ideological tensions. The work of Góngora helped to highlight those tensions and marked the dissolution of the conservative ideological synthesis in the early 1980s.
ISSN:0826-3663
2333-1461
DOI:10.1080/08263663.1990.10816641