La traición de los intelectuales y los intelectuales traicionados: el caso de Julián Marías
The Betrayal of the Intellectuals and the Betrayed Intellectuals: the Case of Julián Marías

Summary/Abstract: The present paper deals with the issue of faith and betrayal from the contemporary Spanish intellectuals’ perspective during post Civil War times, a historical period which stands out because of its high degree and scale of unilateral violence. Due to limits of extension, our approach is just a mere outline of the subject, focused on the specific case of one personality of the 20th century Spanish thought and culture: Julián Marías Aguilera (1914-2005), a philosopher whose vast written work, mainly essays, covers a long period of time, almost to the end of his days, and has enjoyed a remarkable dissemination within the boundaries of the Spanish speaking countries. Marías is one of those intellectuals who decided to remain in their homeland and carry on there with their activities, despite the Civil War and their being harassed by the dictatorship that followed. After a brief approach to his life and circumstances through his own written work, the floor will be given to his son, the writer Javier Marías (1951-). Through some of his own writings, Javier Marías broadens the considerations on the faith and betrayal of the intellectuals, with particular regard to his father’s case.

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