Maeztu and The defense of Hispanity

Abstract

100 years after Ramiro de Maeztu´s Defensa de la hispanidad first edition, only a few do not associate the book with the mustiest Franquism. However, when someone just stumble upon the book without preconceptions, may find in it a calling to something deeper than the longing for a nineteenth and obscure world, where the law of God rules everything inflexibly. Although the Catholic rigor of the Vitorian author cannot be denied, we find in his pages an intimate meeting with the roots of Spain and the Hispanity, of a Spain and a Hispanity which, according to the author, have lost their way, analysis which we can share to a greater or lesser extent based on Maeztu´s arguments, which will be analyzed through this paper. After that, we will conclude that although part of his argumentation must be taken with caution, other parts are still valid and must be taken into account in any attempt to achieve an ideological regeneration for our country or the entire Hispanity.