Darwin eguna: an opportunity to learn about Darwinism in the Basque Country

2012/02/09 Carton Virto, Eider - Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Bibliografia
• Azokak, biltzarrak
• Historia
• Eboluzioa

In Bilbao, for example, on 14 February there will be a lecture series at the Bidebarrieta library. Paleoanthropologist José María Bermúdez de Castro, director of Atapuerca, will talk about the evolution of the genus Homo and will talk about the welcome of Darwin's ideas among the Basque intellectuals of the time.

In our essay Darwin, Altonaga received the ideas of evolution and the acceptance of Darwinism in Euskal Herria; a cold reception and a “fatigued entry”, according to Altonaga.

The contribution of the dictionary of Plazido Mújica to the evolutionary introduction “has become for my eyes a symbol of the expensive entry of evolutionism in Euskal Herria”, says Altonaga, in an article written for the magazine Elhuyar. The dictionary dates back to 1965 and was rewarded for the evolution they gave to darbingo. Altonaga recognizes, basaltizado, that that discovery left: “Deep discoveries about Basque are not needed to know that -keria is a marked suffix, that is, it means something that is rejected, like anger or liberalization. That darbingo, darwinkeria, of course, rejects all Darwin, stigmatizing from the same name.”

XIX. Altonaga makes in his book Darwin geurean a meticulous analysis that covers from the mid-twentieth century to almost the present, taking into account the publications and writings of the intellectuals of that time, and puts Basque at the center of the position of “many and many of the notables of the Basque world” against Darwinism: “The question is,” argues Altonaga, “that this opposite attitude is ancestral and in fact has no direct relation to Darwinism. Darwinism was found from the beginning with what we could call "the wall of Arbelbide": that wall was the Basque language; the Basque language, for Janpierre Arbelbide, and many more, was a protective, insulating wall that looked at Euskal Herria from all the dangers and dangers of the world. Following the wall of Arbelbide or, among other things, in Basque there is no sliding book, only religious books: we know what literature we have had until yesterday. It can be said that the Basques wanted to create a theme park, a Lotilandia. Well, Darwin’s ideas were long crushed against this wall.”

More than Darwinism, Kepa Altonaga has built a rigorous account that says a lot about us working in Darwin, and Darwin Day is the perfect excuse to get to know firsthand. The talks will begin at 7 pm at the Bidebarrieta library in Bilbao.