Los estudios masónicos estadounidense y su impacto en la masonería latinoamericana. Una aproximación historiográfica

Abstract

This paper provides a state of matter on the study of Latin American Freemasonry from the U.S. academy. In general there has been no interest for this study because the focus has been on Freemasonry of the United States, the United Kingdom and continental Europe, mainly France. This is because some scholars have regarded Freemasonry in Latin America as different, displaying it with the lens of otherness and providing a cultural otherness based on the difference. However, in the last two decades, a generation of scholars, already established in their respective universities, began to venture to publish on Freemasonry, directing thesis and promoting the study of this organization from the university halls. This has allowed the development of new trends for the study of Freemasonry in Latin America as well as creating opportunities for exchange and dialogue between Latin American scholars and scholars from the United States.