¿Una cultura imperial? Africanismo e identidad nacional española en el final del siglo XIX

Abstract

In the context of acute perception of a national identity crisis the aim of an African empire was conceived as a solution. In the era of European imperialism it became a key to national regeneration.This article offers an analytical perspective on the importance that the «Africanismo» achieved at the end of XIXth century in Spain, from the perspective of comparative history. Although the Spanish case cannot simply be classified as other European imperialism, it has been excessively exaggerated their uniqueness or anomaly. This article is based on a reading of the literature as well as in the use of certain sources, mainly intellectual discourses, to raise a new interpretive perspective.

Keywords

• National identity
• Imperialism
• Colonialism
• Nation building
• Exceptionalism