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Science, catholicism and politics in Argentina (1910-1935)
Fecha
2020-06Registro en:
de Asúa, Miguel José Cristian; Science, catholicism and politics in Argentina (1910-1935); Cambridge University Press; British Journal for the History of Science; 53; 2; 6-2020; 139-158
0007-0874
1474-001X
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
de Asúa, Miguel José Cristian
Resumen
In fin de siècle Argentina a secularist ideology of science was part of the positivist world view espoused by liberals and socialists. Between the years 1910 and 1935, a period in which the Catholic Church experienced a significant cultural expansion, the activities of the Catholic naturalist Ángel Gallardo and the astronomer and priest Fortunato Devoto challenged the so far prevailing idea of science as opposed to religion. This paper explores the connections between the scientific, religious and political aspects of those figures in order to get some insights into the complexity of the relationships between science and secularization in societies with a Catholic majority.