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 — 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:	https://doi.org/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
URI:	Publisher
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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