Political Thinking, Rhetorics and Republicanism in Fray Servando Teresa de Mier’s Memoirs

Abstract

The renewed interest in the life and ideas of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier originates this article. The study tries to analyze the relationship between his religious convictions based on the Dominican tradition, and his ideas concerning political independence, liberalism and republicanism detectable in his Memoirs. Particular focus is laid on the psychological function of a very efficient rhetoric in Fray Servando’s text and the importance of closed spaces in the process of its writing.