Purpose

This study provides a new look at the late 19th-century university issue in Spain. Loss of self-government among universities and the state’s centralization brought a conflict between science and religion to the fore in the process of the secularization of knowledge.

Design/methodology/approach

We first delve into the anti-Darwinian framework associated with the scientific professionalization process, focusing on the case of the jurist Antonio Hernández Fajarnés (1851–1909). Secondly, we study the idea of the university that emerged from the Ateneo de Madrid, analyzing key speeches from the jurist Francisco Fernández de Henestrosa (1855–s.d.) given in 1887/88 and from the pharmacist José Rodríguez Carracido (1856–1928).

Findings

The study concludes that the Restoration Era in Spain was characterized by a generalized desire – shared by neo-Scholastics, conservatives and liberal rationalists – to improve the public university system. In this context, French influence was no doubt decisive; however, the Humboldtian university idea had already begun to have notable influence.

Originality/value

This article analyzes sources yet unknown to international research, such as the Ateneo de Madrid debates and Spanish university rectors’ inaugural speeches. It opens up a critical examination of the so-called displacement of educational principles in Spain toward a state-centered system of doctrinal moderantismo as opposed to the nation-centered system of the Cádiz liberalism. At the same time, it identifies key pockets of resistance relative to Spanish university transformation toward increased methodological secularization.

中文翻译：

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“复兴光荣传统”：19世纪末西班牙自由主义关于大学、学术自由和世俗知识的争论

目的

这项研究以全新的视角审视了 19 世纪晚期西班牙的大学问题。大学自治的丧失和国家的集权化，在知识的世俗化过程中，科学与宗教的冲突凸显出来。

设计/方法/途径

我们首先深入研究与科学专业化过程相关的反达尔文主义框架，重点关注法学家 Antonio Hernández Fajarnés（1851-1909）的案例。其次，我们研究了马德里雅典耀大学的理念，分析了法学家 Francisco Fernández de Henestrosa（1855-sd）在 1887/88 年和药剂师 José Rodríguez Carracido（1856-1928）的重要演讲。

发现

该研究得出结论，西班牙复辟时代的特点是普遍希望改善公立大学系统，新经院哲学家、保守派和自由理性主义者都有这种愿望。在这种情况下，法国的影响无疑是决定性的。然而，洪堡大学理念已经开始产生显着影响。

原创性/价值

本文分析了国际研究未知的来源，例如马德里雅典耀辩论和西班牙大学校长的就职演说。它开启了对西班牙所谓的教育原则向以国家为中心的教义温和主义体系的置换的批判性审查，而不是以国家为中心的加的斯自由主义体系。同时，它确定了与西班牙大学向增加的方法论世俗化转型相关的主要阻力。