Redes y trayectorias de una élite intelectual: Resonancia del pensamiento tradicionalista del grupo-revista Fiducia (1962-1966)

Abstract

During the period that began with the Cuban Revolution (1959) and ended with the dictatorships in the Southern Cone, Chile experienced a whirlwind of transforming socio-political milestones such as the promotion of community organizations, social participation and union organizations; approval of the gradual purchase of 51% of the main copper mines and the enactment of the Agrarian Reform. In this context, emerged the magazine Fiducia (1962-1966) published by an elite group. This article describes networks and trajectories of people related to this magazine and explores the trajectory of some members, such as Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz, in order to illustrate the connections between this group and other powers. Under a qualitative approach, we analyze collective documents of the group; through them we glimpse its field of action, its dispute for/within the present and its supporting media and institutions. We observe how this community of traditionalist thought became a political and academic elite, and from the literature, we problematize elite notions. The studied trajectories evidenced the fiducian discourse resonance in the implementation of the Chilean dictatorial regime and its influence in the socio-political field.