El discurso del yo: El espiritualismo psicológico en la cultura española de mediados del siglo XIX

Abstract

This paper offers an analysis of the wide projection of psychological spiritualism in Spanish culture during the central decades of the 19th century. After a detailed examination of its profound impact on philosophical thought, medical theory and the prevalent discourses on madness and criminal responsibility, its diffusion is interpreted not only as an attempt to reinforce traditional dogmas concerning the spirituality of the soul, the unity of consciousness or moral freedom, but also as the expression of a culture that, in general terms, had not yet split facts and values nor taken for granted some of the most conspicuous postulates and implications of the new positivist and experimental science. © 2013 CSIC.