Masonic Sociability and Democratic Construction in Chile (1850-1950): Associational Fabric and the Public Sphere in Perspective – A State of the Art
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| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2026 |
| Descripció: | This state of the art article critically periodizes the historiography on Masonic sociability in Chile (1850-1950) into three distinct moments: apologetic narratives and anti-Masonic polemics (19th century-1950), biographical and institutional studies (1970-1990), and historiographic renewal under the influence of social and cultural history (2000-present). I examine the theoretical frameworks employed, the privileged sources, and the conceptual debates on modern sociability, cultural modernization, and the democratic role attributed to Chilean Freemasonry. I identify persistent research gaps: scarce analysis of primary sources, limited territorial coverage beyond Santiago, Valparaíso, and Concepción, and insufficient problematization of analytical categories and of the Order's internal contradictions. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/4614 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rrehmlac/article/view/4614 |
| Paraula clau: | Masonic historiography, Modern sociability, State of the art, Chilean Freemasonry, Historiographical renewal. Historiografía masónica, Sociabilidad moderna, Estado de la cuestión, Masonería chilena, Renovación historiográfica. |