In (2022), philosopher José Luis Villacañas Berlanga reinterprets Francisco Franco’s 40-year regime not just as an authoritarian dictatorship, but as a systematic "passive revolution" that fundamentally reshaped Spanish society from the top down. Core Themes & Theoretical Framework
Villacañas identifies three pillars that allowed the regime to persist and eventually transition into the contemporary era: La Revolucion Pasiva De Franco Jose Luis Villac...
Unlike Nazi or Fascist regimes where the State was a tool for a movement, Francoism is presented as "estatalista"—an effort to save the State and keep it in the same historical hands through a sovereign, constituent dictatorship. Three Dimensions of the Passive Revolution La Revolucion Pasiva De Franco Jose Luis Villac...