Ilustrados and Barbaros: Diversity, Intolerance and Educational Values in Northern Mexico (1831-1854)

Along with the first federal republic in Mexico (1824), the first legislatures of each state included the promotion of public instruction among their functions. Through educators and books and other means of teaching, children and the young were expected to learn to live in a modern, civilized socie...

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Published in:Paedagogica historica 2007-02, Vol.43 (1), p.45-60
Main Author: Lopez, Maria Adelina Arredondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indian Culture
Culture Conflict
Economic Progress
Educational History
Educational Practices
Foreign Countries
Mexico
Peace
Public Education
Role of Education
Spanish Culture
State Legislation
Well Being
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Summary:Along with the first federal republic in Mexico (1824), the first legislatures of each state included the promotion of public instruction among their functions. Through educators and books and other means of teaching, children and the young were expected to learn to live in a modern, civilized society. At the time, there was a death battle between two cultures: on one side, the emerging local Spanish culture ('ilustrados'), that fought to reproduce and expand the occidental culture; and on other, the culture of the so-called barbarian ('barbaros'), which struggled for survival, harassed by the push of modernity. What was the roll of education in this cultural collision? What contradictions were manifested between discourse and educative practices? How were the new generations taught that homogeneity, uniformity and intolerance were requirements to attain economic progress, political peace and social well-being? This article will try to respond to these questions.
ISSN:0030-9230
1477-674X
DOI:10.1080/00309230601080576