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«Libraos de Ultramar». Bentham frente a España y sus colonias1

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Sabido es que el filósofo inglés Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), a quien se asocia en economía con la teoría de la utilidad, mantuvo intensas relaciones, en diversos momentos de su vida, con España, los españoles y los hispanoame-ricanos. El presente artículo analiza con detalle la obra de Bentham «Libraos de Ultramar», un manuscrito que ha permanecido inédito hasta hoy, y es muy poco conocido. Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria, tal su título original, fue redactado entre 1820 y 1822 y, aunque su mensaje manifiesto es insistir a Ios españoles sobre la conveniencia de la emancipación de sus colonias, tiene un objetivo último bastante diferente; el septuagenario Bentham pretendía Ilamar la atención sobre ciertos peligros que se cernían sobre el régimen liberal en España, derivados especialmente de las deficiencias que, según el inglés, aquejaban a la Constitución de Cádiz de 1812.

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  • Braun, Carlos Rodriguez, 1985. "«Libraos de Ultramar». Bentham frente a España y sus colonias1," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(3), pages 497-509, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:3:y:1985:i:03:p:497-509_01
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