Un máximo de libertad y concordia: Julián Marías y la transición española a la democracia
A Maximum of Liberty and Concord: Julian Marías and the Spanish Transition to Democracy

Summary/Abstract: From autumn 1975 onwards, political change becomes a tangible possibility in Spain. Faced with a quite unpredictable scenario for the Iberian country, filled with concerns, uncertainties and expectations, many intellectuals take a step forward in what they regard as their social role, attempting to engage a dialogue with the society they belong to by proposing a personal reading of the political and social reality of the time. We highlight here the prominence of one intellectual, a veteran in his dissent versus the Francoist dictatorship: Julián Marías. Through constant writings published in the media, the Spanish philosopher intensifies his effort so as to contribute to the recovery of national concord, to the shaping of a public opinion well informed about the past, committed with the present and the future, and ready to become an active subject of History once again, far away at last from the vengeful spirit corrupting the Spaniards since their Civil War.

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