The republicans at the end of the 19th century, with their «critical
consciousness» and «institutionist» way of life (related to the Free
Institution of Teaching), in some cases verge on scientific positivism,
maintained, after the national disaster of 1898, that one of the main
ways of regeneration for Spanish people, was educational reform. The
Europeanization of the school, social equality by means of an adequate
national education, autonomy of the universities, the whole training of
students, «popular» education… were common places in the speeches and
debates in Parliament, in scientific and literary atheneums, and in
other academic and public opinion circles. Alfonso Capitán Díaz
Key words: Republicanism; Free Institution of Teaching;
Education and the national disaster of 1898; Education and Cultural
Diffusion, Autonomy of the Universities.
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Nº 213, mayo-agosto 1999 
