Le Mexique 1810-2010. Identité et construction nationale à travers la laïcité

Résumé

In this Bicentennial year, to reflect on the process ofbuilding the Mexican state is doing
on thecomponents of their national identity. In this context, the religious question is
presented as a relevantexplanatory factor. In its base, state nationalism found in the
ecclesiastical institution a major obstacle. Especially because it had established itself
28 a community trans-historical, essential, beyond and outside of politics. À pole of
strength capable of generating membership and provide identity to the social bases.
From 1821 to 1917, the transfer of legitimacy from political to religious institutions
was a complex evolution. The revolutio-nary balance involved the establishment
of a secular model and hence the separation of the religious beliefs of the public
sphere. After the 1992 reform, the adoption of secularism as an essential element of
democratic pluralism has led to some reinterpretation of the system, according to the
requirements of intemational law. For the Mexican Episcopate, 2010 hasserved as an
occasion to offer an alternative view of official history. À church-state interaction
edges which largely explains the processes of political change in contemporary
Mexico.