The libertarian educational proposals of José Cabrera Díaz Las propuestas educativas libertarias de José Cabrera Díaz

The purpose of this article is to explain the operational guidelines of the Canarian workers movement in the early Twentieth Century in connection with integral educational proposals. For this purpose, we have taken advantage of the articles published in the press by on of the leading exponents of t...

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Main Author: Manuel FERRAZ LORENZO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2013-09-01
Series:Historia de la Educación
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Online Access:http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/10723
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to explain the operational guidelines of the Canarian workers movement in the early Twentieth Century in connection with integral educational proposals. For this purpose, we have taken advantage of the articles published in the press by on of the leading exponents of the movement, a member of the anarchist school of thought, José Cabrera Diaz, whose curriculum vitae indicates his importance. He was a journalist, trades union leader and an outand- out defender of rationalist education and of the creation of people's schools, the purpose of which was to eradicate —by combating illiteracy and ignorance— the abusive quasi-feudal practices of the «caciques» that existed in the Canarian Archipiélago.<br>El objetivo de este artículo consiste en exponer las líneas de trabajo del movimiento obrero en Canarias a comienzos de siglo, en lo concerniente a sus propuestas educativas de tipo integral. Para ello nos hemos servido de los trabajos publicados en prensa de uno de sus máximos representantes, inserto en la corriente de pensamiento anarquista: José Cabrera Díaz, cuyo curriculum lo dice todo. Periodista, líder sindical y, además, defensor a ultranza de la educación racionalista y de la creación de escuelas populares, destinadas a erradicar —desde la alfabetización y cultura— las prácticas caciquiles existentes en el Archipiélago.
ISSN:0212-0267