Andrés Bello y la emancipación iberoamericana

Abstract

The life of Andrés Bello (Caracas 1781-Santiago de Chile 1865), philosopher, humanist and Educator of America, spans three defined stages. The first one takes place in his native Caracas, and it spans his formative years up until June 10, 1810, when, along with Simón Bolívar and Luis López Méndez, he traveled to London as a diplomat. In the second stage, in London, he encounters English romanticism, whose tenets emphasizing exalted nationalism take him to broaden his Americanist horizon and reaffirm his conviction that culture must be at the base of any political agenda. Third is his Chilean stage, spanning from February 16, 1929 to his death. During this time, he contributes to organizing Chile constitutionally and legally and he practices his vocation as a teacher. His historical and geographical oeuvre reflect the depth of his thought, aspects that are analyzed from the perspective of the history of ideas, in order to focus on his view of Spanish-American emancipation, which had a modeling influence throughout the Continent.