La nación-república en el Discurso de Angostura de Simón Bolívar
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2019-07-31
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Universidad EAFIT
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El análisis propuesto en este texto señala que, en el proceso de imaginar y hacer posible la nación moderna en la América hispánica, el Libertador Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) invocó el origen cívico y revolucionario de los nacientes Estados, y no la uniformidad etnocultural. En este aspecto, su postura fue radicalmente moderna y antigenealógica, en tanto afirmó que la unidad del carácter que supone la nación como comunidad política no tiene que coincidir, necesariamente, con los límites de las nacionalidades. Este artículo toma como referencia el Discurso de Angostura, pronunciado por el Libertador en 1819, para mostrar que, al momento de construir esa gran nación que se debía llamar Colombia, Bolívar apeló a premisas políticas y territoriales, y no a los presupuestos nacionalistas de igualdad lingüística, racial o cultural. En tal sentido, su propuesta constitucional se inscribe en la tradición del patriotismo republicano y el ideal de la nación de ciudadanos.
This paper argues that, in the process of imagining and making possible the modern nation in Spanish America, the Liberator Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) resorted to the civic and revolutionary rigin of the nascent States, rather than to ethnocultural uniformity. In this regard, his position was radically modern and antigenealogical, in that he asserted that the character unity entailed by the nation as a political community does not need to match the limits of nationalities. This paper draws upon Discurso de Angostura, delivered by the Liberator in 1819, to show that, at the time of building that great nation that should be called Colombia, Bolivar appealed to political and territorial premises, rather than to nationalist premises of linguistic, ethnic or cultural equality. In this regard, his constitutional proposal is in line with the tradition of republican patriotism and the ideal of the nation of citizens.
This paper argues that, in the process of imagining and making possible the modern nation in Spanish America, the Liberator Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) resorted to the civic and revolutionary rigin of the nascent States, rather than to ethnocultural uniformity. In this regard, his position was radically modern and antigenealogical, in that he asserted that the character unity entailed by the nation as a political community does not need to match the limits of nationalities. This paper draws upon Discurso de Angostura, delivered by the Liberator in 1819, to show that, at the time of building that great nation that should be called Colombia, Bolivar appealed to political and territorial premises, rather than to nationalist premises of linguistic, ethnic or cultural equality. In this regard, his constitutional proposal is in line with the tradition of republican patriotism and the ideal of the nation of citizens.