Incipit Vita Nova: Philosophical Renewal through the journals of the New Generation (1917-1930)

In Argentine philosophical studies, the self-designated anti-positivist reaction played a key role in the professionalization of the field. Within the context of the University Reform, the task of discovering philosophy largely entailed distinguishing it from the sciences—and little more than that. The "new generation" thus advocated for a radical philosophical break that, in itself, was seen as capable of fostering significant theoretical developments, even while exposing a lack of concrete coordinates to define its own concerns. Nonetheless, this process involved a strong politicization of the field. Challenging the positivist consensus also meant confronting a liberal framework that was regarded as hegemonic. From 1917 onward, students and graduates engaged in philosophy promoted journals that offered political, historical, and theoretical interventions. While their philosophical affiliations were heterogeneous, these fragmented platforms of dissemination provide the material upon which to trace the evolution of philosophical interests and their developments.