Resumen

VAZQUEZ SEMADENI, María Eugenia. Masonería, papeles públicos y cultura política en el primer México independiente, 1821-1828. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2009, n.38, pp.35-83. ISSN 0185-2620.

This article reviews the process whereby public debate became a key principle of legitimization within Mexican political culture during the first decade of independent life. Analysis of the debate is restricted to masonry, since this constituted the core of the discussion of some of the main concepts of the new political system.

Palabras llave : political culture; public debate; masonry; legitimacy; political identities.