Rethinking the right: Christian democracy, the corporatist state and integralism in Ecuador in the interwar period (1918-1943)

Abstract:

This article analyzes three concepts mobilized by the Ecuadorian right in the interwar period (1918-1943), at a time in which this sector was rethinking its political model amid the social question and other national and global experiences, such as the Ecuador-Peru conflict, the Spanish Civil War and European fascisms. The three concepts, which formulated parallel political models were: Christian democracy, the corporatist state and integralism. These were defined in relation to each other and vis a vis counter-concepts, such as liberalism and socialism. Moreover, as modern concepts, they were marked by temporalization and by historicity inasmuch as they pointed to a desirable future. Nevertheless, this future constituted a restoration of a longed-for past. The article seeks to link Ecuadorian political history to global historiographical debates concerning political concepts, religion and politics and transnational processes.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• Integralism
• Historia de los conceptos
• Christian Democracy
• Corporatism
• Integralismo
• history of concepts
• Democracia cristiana
• Corporativismo
• Temporalization
• FASCISMO
• Temporalización
• Fascism

Fuente:

scopus