La experiencia del historiador Adolfo Saldías como referente de la Unión Cívica Radical coincide con un momento de incipiente autonomización de los campos político e intelectual en la década de 1890. No obstante, existen escasos estudios dedicados a los intelectuales del primer radicalismo. A partir del análisis de su trayectoria en esos ámbitos (sus principales intervenciones públicas, su correspondencia privada y especialmente su etapa como director del principal periódico radical) se reconstruyen las distintas dimensiones e implicancias del compromiso político de Saldías. Al cotejar su caso con otros similares, se concluye que dicha fuerza política contó con figuras intelectuales destacadas a las que, sin embargo, no ubicó centralmente en su concepción política y su retórica partidaria.
The experience of the historian Adolfo Saldías as a referent of the Unión Cívica Radical coincides with a moment of incipient autonomy of the political and intellectual fields in the 1890s. However, there are few studies dedicated to the intellectuals of the first radicalism. From the analysis of his trajectory in those areas (his main public interventions, his private correspondence, and especially his stage as director of the main radical newspaper), the article reconstructs the different dimensions and implications of Saldías’ political commitment. When comparing his case with others, it is concluded that the said political force had outstanding intellectual figures whom, however, it did not place centrally in its political conception and partisan rhetoric.
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