Abstract

HAIDAR, Victoria. Battling for the revival of liberalism in Argentina: the magazine Ideas sobre la Libertad between 1958 and 1976. Sociohistórica [online]. 2017, n.40, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-1606.

Based on the analysis of Ideas sobre la Libertad, the magazine of the Centro de Estudios sobre la Libertad, created from an initiative of Alberto Benegas Lynch, the article shows the role that, from that space, was attributed to such publication within the framework of the "battle of ideas"; it explores the transnational relations that it maintained with think-tanks and intellectuals that defended the free market, and reconstructs the significance that it gave to the "reactivation" of liberalism between 1958 and 1976. Considering these three axes the article argues that Ideas sobre la Libertad was aimed at the education of elites through the criticism of collectivism, the dissemination and comment of the "argentine’s liberal tradition". It also argues that the position of that institution concerning the neoliberal project was ambiguous because, from the magazine, the collectivist ideas were confronted, but the role of State was not put into discussion

Keywords : Liberalism; Neoliberalism; Battle of ideas; Argentina.