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Calvo Maturana, Antonio (2014) “Is it useful to deceive the people?” The Debate on Public Information in Spain at the End of the Ancien Régime (1780–1808). The Journal of Modern History, 86 (1). pp. 1-46. ISSN 00222801
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Abstract
During the eighteenth century, an interesting debate emerged in Spain regarding
the advantages and disadvantages of informing the people or keeping them ig-
norant of the affairs of state, as well as the question
—
if choosing the former op-
tion
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of whether to tell them the truth or manipulate them with lies. Although
we may consider this to be a moral or philanthropic concern within the general
context of the Enlightenment, for the absolute monarchs and the writers sym-
pathetic to them the issue was primarily a question of state. What was the most
effective means to govern?
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Debate; Public Information; Spain; Ancien Régime; 1780–1808; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures > Spanish |
| Item ID: | 5460 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1086/674342 |
| Depositing User: | Antonio Calvo Maturana |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2014 10:23 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Modern History |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/5460 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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