Catholicism and Politics in Argentina 1810-1960

by Austen Ivereigh

Ivereigh (editor, Woodstock Road Editorial ) presents a challenge to standard interpretations of Argentine political history through an examination of the tensions between Enlightenment ideologies and the Catholic tradition, emphasizing the period between 1930 and 1960, when a religious revival challenged the Liberal Order. He demonstrates that this competition is directly related to the popularity of Peronism, and offers explanations for the Enlightenment roots of political authoritarianism. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

275 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Austen Ivereigh is a British writer, journalist, and commentator on religious and political affairs who holds a PhD from Oxford University. His work appears regularly in the Jesuit magazine America and in many other periodicals. He is well known on British media, especially on the BBC, Sky, ITV and Al-Jazeera, as a Catholic commentator.