Tradition and Anti-Tradition in Catalan Schools at the Start of the Twentieth Century

Abstract

This article analyses what tradition meant for the promoters of the educational transformations taking place a hundred years ago in Catalonia. For some, tradition was a concept that impeded progress and therefore ought to be pushed aside. For others, tradition was a kind of guide on this same course of advancing society through schools. It is concluded that tradition, whether attacked or defended, is a cultural artefact that is used in projects aiming to transform and advance society.