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Revista de Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña
versión On-line ISSN 1659-4223
Resumen
CORTES, Ivonne. Freemasonry and Public Space: The “Atheist School” debate in Chile 1872. REHMLAC [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.1, pp.78-94. ISSN 1659-4223. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rehmlac.v10i1.32839.
In Chile in the mid-nineteenth century, the issue of education was gaining importance in the public sphere. From then on, the authorities hypothesized on the educational model that would best promote the development and advancement of the Republic. In that context, in Valparaiso there was a clash between different models of modernity, disputing the legitimacy of the nascent public sphere. On one side, Freemasonry spearheaded a challenging secular educational project by founding the school, “Blas Cuevas”. In defense of a more traditional project, the Catholic Church and its supporters were strongly opposed to the initiative, calling it "atheist" and initiating a communication offensive against them. Our work seeks to analyze the debate developed by these two actors, their arguments, strategies, and legitimation on the public sphere.
Palabras clave : Public Sphere; Chilean Freemasonry; Education; Secularism; Catholic Church.