The Editions of E.P. Thompson in Spanish: the Ups and Downs of a Reception

Abstract

This article, an edited version of the paper presented by the author at the E. P. Thompson Conferences held at the Universidad Di Tella in December 2023, traces the reception of the work of the author of The Making of the English Working Class in the Spanish-speaking world, with special emphasis on the publishing houses and journals that took on translations and reviews of his books and articles. It highlights the work of Josep Fontana and other Catalan editors and social historians starting in the late 1970s. It then presents an overview of the various paths of Thompson's reception in Argentina during the 1980s and 1990s (teaching, journals, editions), pointing out some comparative elements with the receptions in Chile, Brazil, and Mexico.