Javier Fernández-Sebastián
Biographic Data
| ID | 998450 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Fernández-Sebastián |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernández-Sebastián |
| SIGNATURE | FERNÁNDEZ-SEBASTIÁN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Basque Country |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1736-1270 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Key Metaphors for History
This book casts a fresh look at what to date has been a relatively unexplored question: the enormous value and usefulness of the metaphor in the understanding and writing of history (and at the historical culture reflected by these metaphors). Mapping a wide range of tropes present in historiography and public discourse, the book identifies some of the key metaphorical resources employed by historians, politicians, and journalists to represent ti…
The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
Volume III covers the Iberian Empires and the important ethnic dimension of the Ibero-American independence movements, revealing the contrasting dynamics created by the Spanish imperial crisis at home and in the colonies. It bears out the experimental nature of political changes, the shared experiences and contrasts across different areas, and the connections to the revolutionary French Caribbean. The special nature of the emancipatory processes …
Author's Response
First of all, I would like to thank my interlocutors for their interest in my work, and for their kindness in agreeing to participate in this Roundtable. It is a great honour for me to have three such distinguished scholars commenting on my book and offering their criticisms and remarks, which help me to refine and nuance some of its arguments. I also hope that this discussion will enable readers of The Historical Journal to get an idea of the co…
Waving the historian's magic wand
The main purpose of this article is to raise some questions about temporal comparisons and analogies in the writing of history. The article has four parts. The first one shows that historical discipline, conceptual history and language itself can scarcely be conceived of in the absence of comparisons, implicit or explicit, between events, processes and individuals. The second section provides a few samples of the sources of inspiration of some re…
Discussing democracy in Spain and in Latin America during the age of revolutions
This article provides an overview of the early uses of the term democracy in Spain and in Hispanic America during the 19th century. It is mainly built on the collaborative research conducted in the region in the field of conceptual history in recent years, especially on the publications of the Iberconceptos network. By grouping all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere into a single block, my comparative approach is schematic, …
Conceptual History in the European Space
A World in the Making
Th is article provides an outline of the crystallization of the concept of future in the Iberian worlds in a period extending from the end of the eighteenth century until the second half of the nineteenth century. By tracking and analyzing the vocabularies referring to the three dimensions of time-past, present, and future-in a broad corpus of documentary sources (books, journals, memoirs, pamphlets, parliamentary minutes, and so on), and particu…
A Distorting Mirror
Both Iberian and Spanish American liberals in the early decades of the nineteenth century based their political stances upon a particular vision of Spanish history. This vision, nourished by the stereotypes of the so-called ‘black legend’, correspond to an extremely gloomy picture of the main events and processes that had been taking place in the Hispanic monarchy since the late fifteenth century, such as the discovery and conquest of America and…
Tradiciones electivas. Cambio, continuidad y ruptura en historia intelectual
Este ensayo empieza por cuestionar ciertos lugares comunes sobre los pares dicotómicos modernidad/tradición, ruptura/continuidad, estereotipos que todavía circulan entre aquellos historiadores que contraponen frontalmente ambos polos, como si se tratase de factores radicalmente incompatibles, vectores mutuamente excluyentes. Para ello pone de relieve el carácter dinámico y la dimensión productiva de la tradición, entendida como ingrediente fundam…
Toleration and Freedom of Expression in the Hispanic World Between Enlightenment and Liberalism
Before its sudden disintegration in the first decades of the nineteenth century, for three centuries the Spanish Monarchy had comprised a vast territorial entity which stretched across the Atlantic and was bound by strong political and cultural links. And — as written sources reveal — despite both the enormous distances separating the mother country from her American possessions and some viceroyalties from others, and the great variety of context…
The notion of ‘ideology’ in the ideological struggles of 20th-century Spain
The aim of the article is to provide an outline of the debates regarding the concept of ideology which took place in Spain throughout the 20th century. Beyond the arguments common to all Europe, some peculiarities of these debates in the peninsular context stem from the fact that Spanish society had to confront such traumatic collective experiences as the civil war 1936–1939 and the long dictatorship which followed. After Franco's death and the t…
Presentación. El mundo atlántico como laboratorio conceptual, 1750 –1850
Liberalismos nacientes en el Atlántico iberoamericano
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The Concept of Civilization in Spain, 1754-2005
Intellectual History and Democracy
Interview with Pierre Rosanvallon, conducted by Javier Fernández Sebastián, in Madrid, September 28, 2006
Iberconceptos. Hacia una historia transnacional de los conceptos políticos en el mundo iberoamericano
La creciente globalización de la historiografía está dando origen en los últimos tiempos a nuevas modalidades de historia comparativa, historia transnacional e historia cruzada. El resumen del proyecto que se presenta en este artículo constituye un ejemplo de estas nuevas orientaciones e intentos de ir más allá de los marcos nacionales. Se trata de una propuesta de análisis histórico en paralelo del uso de algunos conceptos sociales y políticos b…
Intellectual History, Liberty and Republicanism
Quentin Skinner was interviewed by Javier Fernández Sebastián (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain) at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, on March 29, 2006. This interview has appeared in Spanish translation in Historia y Política 16: 237-258 (2006
Conceptual History, Memory, and Identity
Among the many subjects you have worked on throughout your career, we would like to concentrate on those related to the methodology of intellectual history, especially conceptual history. We will then go on to make you a few questions about your recent work on memory and identity
The Notion of Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Spain An Example of Conceptual History
This article has two main aims. First, it provides a brief account of the terms modernidad (modernity) and modernismo (modernism) in the Spanish context from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Second, it seeks to illustrate the way in which conceptual history is being approached in a Spanish context. It draws upon the collaborative efforts of a group of over 30 scholars who have sought to explore the political lexic…
The Notion of Modernity in 19th-Century Spain
This article has two main aims. First, it provides a brief account of the terms modernidad (modernity) and modernismo (modernism) in the Spanish context from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Second, it seeks to illustrate the way in which conceptual history is being approached in a Spanish context. It draws upon the collaborative efforts of a group of over 30 scholars who have sought to explore the political lexic…
Sobre la construcción, apogeo y crisis del paradigma liberal de la opinión pública
En este trabajo se efectúa un rápido recorrido histórico sobre la fase liberal del concepto de opinión pública y se discute la pertinencia de considerar esta noción política como un concepto de ámbito europeo y americano. Tras examinar a grandes rasgos algunos contextos políticos y discursivos que rodearon la emergencia de este concepto (en particular los casos de Francia, Gran Bretaña y España), el autor sostiene que la opinión pública es un con…
Nacionalismos y naciones en Europa
La génesis del fuerismo. Prensa e ideas políticas en la crisis del Antiguo Régimen (País Vasco, 1750-1840)
Ideología, Fueros y Modernización. La Metamorfosis del Fuerismo. 1
Intellectual History, Liberty and Republicanism
Quentin Skinner was interviewed by Javier Fernández Sebastián (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain) at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, on March 29, 2006. This interview has appeared in Spanish translation in Historia y Política 16: 237-258 (2006
Toleration and Freedom of Expression in the Hispanic World Between Enlightenment and Liberalism
Before its sudden disintegration in the first decades of the nineteenth century, for three centuries the Spanish Monarchy had comprised a vast territorial entity which stretched across the Atlantic and was bound by strong political and cultural links. And — as written sources reveal — despite both the enormous distances separating the mother country from her American possessions and some viceroyalties from others, and the great variety of context…
Intellectual History and Democracy
Interview with Pierre Rosanvallon, conducted by Javier Fernández Sebastián, in Madrid, September 28, 2006
Discussing democracy in Spain and in Latin America during the age of revolutions
This article provides an overview of the early uses of the term democracy in Spain and in Hispanic America during the 19th century. It is mainly built on the collaborative research conducted in the region in the field of conceptual history in recent years, especially on the publications of the Iberconceptos network. By grouping all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere into a single block, my comparative approach is schematic, …
Author's Response
First of all, I would like to thank my interlocutors for their interest in my work, and for their kindness in agreeing to participate in this Roundtable. It is a great honour for me to have three such distinguished scholars commenting on my book and offering their criticisms and remarks, which help me to refine and nuance some of its arguments. I also hope that this discussion will enable readers of The Historical Journal to get an idea of the co…
A Distorting Mirror
Both Iberian and Spanish American liberals in the early decades of the nineteenth century based their political stances upon a particular vision of Spanish history. This vision, nourished by the stereotypes of the so-called ‘black legend’, correspond to an extremely gloomy picture of the main events and processes that had been taking place in the Hispanic monarchy since the late fifteenth century, such as the discovery and conquest of America and…
Tradiciones electivas. Cambio, continuidad y ruptura en historia intelectual
Este ensayo empieza por cuestionar ciertos lugares comunes sobre los pares dicotómicos modernidad/tradición, ruptura/continuidad, estereotipos que todavía circulan entre aquellos historiadores que contraponen frontalmente ambos polos, como si se tratase de factores radicalmente incompatibles, vectores mutuamente excluyentes. Para ello pone de relieve el carácter dinámico y la dimensión productiva de la tradición, entendida como ingrediente fundam…
The notion of ‘ideology’ in the ideological struggles of 20th-century Spain
The aim of the article is to provide an outline of the debates regarding the concept of ideology which took place in Spain throughout the 20th century. Beyond the arguments common to all Europe, some peculiarities of these debates in the peninsular context stem from the fact that Spanish society had to confront such traumatic collective experiences as the civil war 1936–1939 and the long dictatorship which followed. After Franco's death and the t…
The Concept of Civilization in Spain, 1754-2005
Iberconceptos. Hacia una historia transnacional de los conceptos políticos en el mundo iberoamericano
La creciente globalización de la historiografía está dando origen en los últimos tiempos a nuevas modalidades de historia comparativa, historia transnacional e historia cruzada. El resumen del proyecto que se presenta en este artículo constituye un ejemplo de estas nuevas orientaciones e intentos de ir más allá de los marcos nacionales. Se trata de una propuesta de análisis histórico en paralelo del uso de algunos conceptos sociales y políticos b…
Ideología, Fueros y Modernización. La Metamorfosis del Fuerismo. 1
La génesis del fuerismo. Prensa e ideas políticas en la crisis del Antiguo Régimen (País Vasco, 1750-1840)
Nacionalismos y naciones en Europa
Sobre la construcción, apogeo y crisis del paradigma liberal de la opinión pública
En este trabajo se efectúa un rápido recorrido histórico sobre la fase liberal del concepto de opinión pública y se discute la pertinencia de considerar esta noción política como un concepto de ámbito europeo y americano. Tras examinar a grandes rasgos algunos contextos políticos y discursivos que rodearon la emergencia de este concepto (en particular los casos de Francia, Gran Bretaña y España), el autor sostiene que la opinión pública es un con…
The Notion of Modernity in 19th-Century Spain
This article has two main aims. First, it provides a brief account of the terms modernidad (modernity) and modernismo (modernism) in the Spanish context from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Second, it seeks to illustrate the way in which conceptual history is being approached in a Spanish context. It draws upon the collaborative efforts of a group of over 30 scholars who have sought to explore the political lexic…
The Notion of Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Spain An Example of Conceptual History
This article has two main aims. First, it provides a brief account of the terms modernidad (modernity) and modernismo (modernism) in the Spanish context from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Second, it seeks to illustrate the way in which conceptual history is being approached in a Spanish context. It draws upon the collaborative efforts of a group of over 30 scholars who have sought to explore the political lexic…
Conceptual History, Memory, and Identity
Among the many subjects you have worked on throughout your career, we would like to concentrate on those related to the methodology of intellectual history, especially conceptual history. We will then go on to make you a few questions about your recent work on memory and identity
Intellectual History and Democracy
Interview with Pierre Rosanvallon, conducted by Javier Fernández Sebastián, in Madrid, September 28, 2006
Iberconceptos. Hacia una historia transnacional de los conceptos políticos en el mundo iberoamericano
La creciente globalización de la historiografía está dando origen en los últimos tiempos a nuevas modalidades de historia comparativa, historia transnacional e historia cruzada. El resumen del proyecto que se presenta en este artículo constituye un ejemplo de estas nuevas orientaciones e intentos de ir más allá de los marcos nacionales. Se trata de una propuesta de análisis histórico en paralelo del uso de algunos conceptos sociales y políticos b…
Intellectual History, Liberty and Republicanism
Quentin Skinner was interviewed by Javier Fernández Sebastián (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain) at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, on March 29, 2006. This interview has appeared in Spanish translation in Historia y Política 16: 237-258 (2006
Presentación. El mundo atlántico como laboratorio conceptual, 1750 –1850
Liberalismos nacientes en el Atlántico iberoamericano
We’ve built this digital research platform to provide academics everywhere with fast, stable and secure digital access to our library of over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles. We’ve tested the platform in close cooperation with leading academic institutions. If you have any questions or you notice something doesn’t quite work as it should, please visit our Help/FAQ page and let us know
The Concept of Civilization in Spain, 1754-2005
The notion of ‘ideology’ in the ideological struggles of 20th-century Spain
The aim of the article is to provide an outline of the debates regarding the concept of ideology which took place in Spain throughout the 20th century. Beyond the arguments common to all Europe, some peculiarities of these debates in the peninsular context stem from the fact that Spanish society had to confront such traumatic collective experiences as the civil war 1936–1939 and the long dictatorship which followed. After Franco's death and the t…
Toleration and Freedom of Expression in the Hispanic World Between Enlightenment and Liberalism
Before its sudden disintegration in the first decades of the nineteenth century, for three centuries the Spanish Monarchy had comprised a vast territorial entity which stretched across the Atlantic and was bound by strong political and cultural links. And — as written sources reveal — despite both the enormous distances separating the mother country from her American possessions and some viceroyalties from others, and the great variety of context…
Tradiciones electivas. Cambio, continuidad y ruptura en historia intelectual
Este ensayo empieza por cuestionar ciertos lugares comunes sobre los pares dicotómicos modernidad/tradición, ruptura/continuidad, estereotipos que todavía circulan entre aquellos historiadores que contraponen frontalmente ambos polos, como si se tratase de factores radicalmente incompatibles, vectores mutuamente excluyentes. Para ello pone de relieve el carácter dinámico y la dimensión productiva de la tradición, entendida como ingrediente fundam…
A Distorting Mirror
Both Iberian and Spanish American liberals in the early decades of the nineteenth century based their political stances upon a particular vision of Spanish history. This vision, nourished by the stereotypes of the so-called ‘black legend’, correspond to an extremely gloomy picture of the main events and processes that had been taking place in the Hispanic monarchy since the late fifteenth century, such as the discovery and conquest of America and…
A World in the Making
Th is article provides an outline of the crystallization of the concept of future in the Iberian worlds in a period extending from the end of the eighteenth century until the second half of the nineteenth century. By tracking and analyzing the vocabularies referring to the three dimensions of time-past, present, and future-in a broad corpus of documentary sources (books, journals, memoirs, pamphlets, parliamentary minutes, and so on), and particu…
Conceptual History in the European Space
Discussing democracy in Spain and in Latin America during the age of revolutions
This article provides an overview of the early uses of the term democracy in Spain and in Hispanic America during the 19th century. It is mainly built on the collaborative research conducted in the region in the field of conceptual history in recent years, especially on the publications of the Iberconceptos network. By grouping all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere into a single block, my comparative approach is schematic, …
Waving the historian's magic wand
The main purpose of this article is to raise some questions about temporal comparisons and analogies in the writing of history. The article has four parts. The first one shows that historical discipline, conceptual history and language itself can scarcely be conceived of in the absence of comparisons, implicit or explicit, between events, processes and individuals. The second section provides a few samples of the sources of inspiration of some re…
The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
Volume III covers the Iberian Empires and the important ethnic dimension of the Ibero-American independence movements, revealing the contrasting dynamics created by the Spanish imperial crisis at home and in the colonies. It bears out the experimental nature of political changes, the shared experiences and contrasts across different areas, and the connections to the revolutionary French Caribbean. The special nature of the emancipatory processes …
Author's Response
First of all, I would like to thank my interlocutors for their interest in my work, and for their kindness in agreeing to participate in this Roundtable. It is a great honour for me to have three such distinguished scholars commenting on my book and offering their criticisms and remarks, which help me to refine and nuance some of its arguments. I also hope that this discussion will enable readers of The Historical Journal to get an idea of the co…
Key Metaphors for History
This book casts a fresh look at what to date has been a relatively unexplored question: the enormous value and usefulness of the metaphor in the understanding and writing of history (and at the historical culture reflected by these metaphors). Mapping a wide range of tropes present in historiography and public discourse, the book identifies some of the key metaphorical resources employed by historians, politicians, and journalists to represent ti…
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