An Inconvenient Nation: Nation-Building and National Identity in Modern Spain. The Historiographical Debate

Abstract

During his second term (2000–2004), and with an absolute majority, the Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar set out to personify a new attitude of patriotism sin complejos — without hang-ups. 1 Avoiding the actual word nationalist , which was reserved for Spain’s peripheral nationalisms, this conservative leader inspired a new political discourse, focusing on patriotic myths (the conquest of America, the worldwide role of the Spanish language) in an effort to recover national pride and overcome the inhibitions inherited from the transition years after the death of Dictator Francisco Franco. The objective was to see Spain return to the forefront of international politics and rescue it from what Aznar called ‘a remote corner of history’. The turning point of this new patriotic policy was the polemical engagement of Spain in the international coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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