Abstract

SANCHEZ, Emiliano Gastón. Anarchism, francophilia and nation: Juan Emiliano Carulla facing the Great War. Av. Cesor [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.18, pp.109-133. ISSN 1514-3899.

From an analysis of his writings, his memories and his intellectual networks, this article studies a key moment of the itinerary of Juan Emiliano Carulla: the years of the First World War. Throughout three stages of his life: his participation in the anarchist magazine Ideas y Figuras, his work in Europe as a “scientific correspondent” of the newspaper La Prensa during 1916 and his contributions in Vida Nuestra, after his return to Buenos Aires, the article analyzes the stances of Carulla around the war and his representations about the conflict in order to understand the reasons why an intellectual linked to anarchism becomes a supporter of allies, and decides to travel to France with the desire to take up arms in defense of the Entente. This analysis allows, in turn, to question the story of Carulla’s conversion to nationalism as a result of that experience in the Great War, as set by the author in his memoirs and frequently reiterated by historiography.

Keywords : Juan Emiliano Carulla; First World War; Anarchism; Nationalism.