Facundo: Civilización y barbarie

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Facundo: Civilización y barbarie is a seminal 1845 Argentine work of political and social critique that contrasts civilization with barbarism to analyze the country’s caudillo-led society and shape its national identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
political essay
social critique
about Argentine caudillos
Argentine society in the 19th century
Juan Facundo Quiroga
linked to: Facundo Quiroga

Juan Manuel de Rosas
aim to analyze caudillo-led society in Argentina
to shape Argentine national identity
author Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
contrasts urban Buenos Aires with rural interior
countryOfOrigin Argentina
criticizes Juan Manuel de Rosas's regime
federalist caudillo rule
field cultural studies
history of ideas
political philosophy
firstPublicationPlace Chile
genre essay
political literature
hasAlternativeTitle Facundo
Facundo o civilización y barbarie
hasInfluenced debates on modernization in Latin America
interpretations of Argentine gaucho culture
historicalContext post-independence Argentina
influenced Argentine liberal thought
Latin American nation-building discourses
keyConcept barbarism associated with rural interior and caudillos
civilization associated with cities and Europe
literaryMovement Latin American liberalism
literarySignificance foundational text of Latin American political thought
seminal work of Argentine literature
mainCharacter Juan Facundo Quiroga
linked to: Facundo Quiroga
mainTheme caudillismo
civilization versus barbarism
national identity
state formation
narrativeMode first-person commentary
originalLanguage Spanish
politicalPosition anti-Rosas
unitarian
publicationYear 1845
setInPeriod 19th-century Argentina
structure partly biographical
partly historical
partly sociological
usesAsSymbol Facundo Quiroga as embodiment of barbarism

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento notableWork Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
Federalists vs Unitarians hasCulturalRepresentation Facundo by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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Facundo Quiroga givenName Facundo
linked to: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
Facundo Quiroga describedIn Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism
linked to: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
Generation of ’37 notableWorkAssociated Facundo
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Facundo: Civilización y barbarie hasAlternativeTitle Facundo o civilización y barbarie
linked to: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
Facundo: Civilización y barbarie hasAlternativeTitle Facundo
linked to: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
De la educación popular relatedWork Facundo
linked to: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie