Anti-communist Propaganda in the Midst of the Civil War: Humanism versus Communism. An Ideologised Vision of Juan Luis Vives

Abstract

Many humanists have been praised by intellectuals of other times; indeed, their writings present universal values that have made them competent authorities in various fields. It was in this context that González Oliveros, a law professor and Falangist sympathiser, translated Luis Vives's De communione rerum in 1937. Specifically, the professor used some of the Valencian writer's economic, political and social approaches to advocate an anti-communist struggle. In this sense, the translation is accompanied by notes. In this way, the editor defends principles that oppose the Second Republic and advocates a society free of Marxists. In the same way, the author avoids the richness of Greco-Roman and, above all, Biblical and Vivesian texts in a pamphlet where partisanship is more important. We will therefore analyse the Spanish version in relation to the original in order to identify the deviations and to clarify the ideological proselytism of other sections.