Abstract

PENA-ARISTIZABAL, Cindy. Dictatorship as a Utilitarian Concept (Antioquia, 1813-1814). Hist. Soc. [online]. 2022, n.42, pp.134-159.  Epub Feb 25, 2022. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n42.92023.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a series of revolutions took place in the American territories that led to the independence of the old colonies and the creation of new nations, for which various ideas of government and political projects arose based on the known ideals that came, largely, from the European world. That is why this article establishes the reasons and possible influences -both social and cultural- that led the political elite of the New Kingdom of Granada to resort to the implementation of the concept of dictatorship in the year 1813. However, special emphasis will be made on the political discourse that arose around the figure of Juan del Corral, who was appointed as dictator during this troubled period in the province of Antioquia. In this sense, the analysis of archives, gazettes, newspapers and constitutional texts has been used to study the historicity of the concept and identify the political motives and ends for which it was implemented, as well as the debates it generated in public opinion about the possible consequences that could arise from this practice.

Keywords : dictatorship; Antioquia; independence; New Kingdom of Granada; nation; Juan del Corral; political systems; political history; 19^th century.

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