ABSTRACT

This article examines the character of Spanish Republican cultural politics during the war of 1936-1939. While the extant literature on this topic have addressed the concrete initiatives, organisational structures and the ideological underpinnings of Republican wartime culture, the present article explains why an expansive Republican cultural programme – encompassing various cultural outreach activities and new educational opportunities – came to serve as a critical tool to unite and mobilise a divided Republican population for industrialised, ‘total’ war. It shows how the Republican mobilisation strategy not only shaped wartime cultural discourse and policy but also radicalised long-term plans to reinvent Spain’s cultural identity.

摘要

本文考察了1936-1939年战争期间西班牙共和党文化政治的特征。尽管有关该主题的现有文献已经论述了共和时期战时文化的具体举措，组织结构和意识形态基础，但本文还是解释了为何扩大的共和党文化计划（包括各种文化宣传活动和新的教育机会）开始成为共和党的重要内容。团结和动员分散的共和党人进行工业化的“全面”战争的重要工具。它显示了共和党的动员战略不仅影响战时的文化论述和政策，而且激化了重塑西班牙文化特征的长期计划。