Juan Álvarez: una concepción no esencialista de la identidad nacional
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2009-12
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Sobre Diversidad Cultural
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Juan Álvarez (1878-1954) fue un abogado, juez e historiador nacido en Gualeguaychú (provincia de Entre Ríos) pero ligado a Rosario, en donde vivió la mayor parte de su vida. Sus principios liberales, influenciados por Juan Bautista Alberdi, lo llevaron a rechazar el gaucho y la idea de una esencia nacional argentina, defendiendo en cambio una concepción pragmática y material de ésta.
Juan Álvarez (1878-1954) was an Argentine lawyer, a judge and a historian born in Gualeguaychú (province of Entre Ríos) but linked up with Rosario, where he spent most of his life. His liberal principles, influenced by Juan Bautista Alberdi, made him to reject “gauchos” and the conception of a national Argentine essence, defending a pragmatic and material idea of it.
Juan Álvarez (1878-1954) was an Argentine lawyer, a judge and a historian born in Gualeguaychú (province of Entre Ríos) but linked up with Rosario, where he spent most of his life. His liberal principles, influenced by Juan Bautista Alberdi, made him to reject “gauchos” and the conception of a national Argentine essence, defending a pragmatic and material idea of it.
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Álvarez, Liberalismo, Nacionalismo, Gauchos, Argentina, Liberalism, Nationalism